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

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
    Gotta admit I wouldn't have thought of a guitar stand! Something like this, but taller?...
    How about an upright bass stand? It's sort of like a giant guitar.
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    YES! a bass stand would be larger! Good thought!

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    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...
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    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 who don't watch where they are going
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by roadster32 View Post
    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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    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.
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    Looks best with hood on. Leave it that way. When working at home, lay it on wife's side of the bed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
    ................... where the club footed moron's and the kids of morons won't be walking.
    They will ALWAYS find a way........................
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter View Post
    They will ALWAYS find a way........................
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    I hear ya on that one Bob.
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