[mud.man.rj]

My younger brother and I made a bolt together tilt hood assy on our 55 F100 when we were 15 years old and made basic hinges which tilted great but the hood moved around "a lot" when opened, kind of swayed in the wind and was killer heavy so to take off was a pain in the butt that is why I was comprehending some kind of inner structure for the hood and as for the front end itself it shouldn't need much of a structure for rigidity off the frame, maybe small bars from the frame up to firewall and a couple of cross bars or a tie into rad support, depends actually how it will be driven, abused or just cruised. All interesting concepts, waiting to see what works for you.