How Do You Protect A Lift Off Hood?

So in the past, pre-paint, if I was at a show or local gathering I would sometimes lift the hood off to let people see the EFI layout, and I had zero concern for the hood in gel coat. I'd just stand it up on it's back edge, leaning against a back tire, or even lay it down on the bottom edge beneath the back end of the car if it was windy. Today I lifted the hood off to change a radiator hose clamp, and once in hand it was "Now what??":LOL::LOL: I ended up grabbing a pair of leather gloves and tossing one down on each side, spaced to protect the back edge of the hood.

The question, "What have you seen to support/protect a lift off hood, to prevent dinging up the paint?" It needs to be compact, capable of being carried in the trunk without taking too much room. I'm already thinking of a "rack" that breaks down into small pieces.**)

How about a guitar stand? I'm settin' here lookin' at mine, I think it'd be perfect.

Check it out.. Guitar Stands | Guitar Center

Cheap and small, it has possibilities................

Get PVC and build a stand, I have one I use at home when I service my HotRod. You can make it so it can be broken down, stored and taken to a car show. Glue as many of joints as you can, could make a pin for the joints left loose for the brake down and store. Do not have a picture handy but you get the idea, when designing, consider the probability of wind or human knocking it down.

Gotta admit I wouldn't have thought of a guitar stand! :LOL: Something like this, but taller?

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Originally Posted by rspears

Gotta admit I wouldn't have thought of a guitar stand! :LOL: Something like this, but taller?...

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How about an upright bass stand? It's sort of like a giant guitar.

YES! a bass stand would be larger! Good thought!

Wind is my biggest concern with something like that, either PVC pipe or a re-purposed music stand. Maybe the right thing is just to plan on laying it down flat, and triangulating a stand for it to sit on..... Kind of worry with some club foot not watching where they're going and tripping over it laying flat...

If your in grass use the stand and make some L stakes to push in the ground so it wont move. I too would worry about the club footed people :eek: who don't watch where they are going :D

I don't use a stand for my Willys hood, sounds like an accident waiting to happen to me. I have 3 small rubber blocks bonded to the underside of the hood, one in the front and one in each back corner, I then just lay it flat down.

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Originally Posted by roadster32

I don't use a stand for my Willys hood, sounds like an accident waiting to happen to me. I have 3 small rubber blocks bonded to the underside of the hood, one in the front and one in each back corner, I then just lay it flat down.

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Steve,
I'm thinking the same, especially considering the prairie winds we have in these parts, especially when a weather front blows in. My hood top has four horizontal pins that fit into latches on the car. Maybe the easy thing to do is just make a couple of nice wood blocks with slots to catch the pins, tall enough to lay it down, supported above the ground a couple of inches. Just have to pick a spot to lay it down where the club footed moron's and the kids of morons won't be walking.:LOL::LOL:

Looks best with hood on. Leave it that way. When working at home, lay it on wife's side of the bed. :LOL:

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................... where the club footed moron's and the kids of morons won't be walking.:LOL::LOL:

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They will ALWAYS find a way........................

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Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

They will ALWAYS find a way........................

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Yup.
I hear ya on that one Bob.
You've got to remember that 50% of the population are below average intelligence.