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Old 01-31-2020, 01:08 PM   #1
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Hood modified for breather clearance

One of my former classmates from high school caught up with me a few months back, and had some work he wanted done on a hood for his Tubbed V8 Plymouth Arrow. He said he wanted a more professional job over what was done back then..





A V8 in an Arrow is enough of a challenge, near impossible to fit it all under the hood. Here are some older pictures of the car just to show what we're working on...











He had bought an NOS hood for it some years back, so at least he has something solid to work with.. He said the metal flopped a bit around the opening he cut, so I thought we'd add a wire edge around the opening and make some new bracing on the underside while we were at it. Here's the phenolic dies made for the Lennox to form the new bracing..





Here's a test sample run...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCoTMs0ANC8


...and a test fit





Next, the bracing we wanted to install needed to go around the bigass hole, and some of the existing brace needed removing.








Our new brace designed to go around the hole... cut in the flat and run through our dies..











And here's about where it will sit....


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Old 01-31-2020, 01:13 PM   #2
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Re: Hood modified for breather clearance

Rather than screw up one of the last remaining NOS Plymouth Arrow hoods in existence, let's do a test sample first.. To strengthen the opening, we'll add a 1/8 wire edge protruding upward, which will also help to keep things out.....somewhat. Here's our new dies for the 1/8 wire... This is the "inlet" side...





Side view shows the ramps that will add the joggle





We're using a 22 x 22 piece of 19 gauge for our sample, and folding a 5/16 flange, which needs a bit of stretching to keep things flat. so a rounded hammer on the top of the stump adds a bit of stretch, then a linear stretch hammer and dolly to stretch further and fold things over..





with the flange folded, the sample is run through our dies to form the joggle





1/8 stainless is rolled in our tubing bender/straightener, sized, and TIG welded to form a continuous ring. Then it gets laid in the channel and the flange staked over in various spots to hold it in place using the linear stretch hammer..





Hammering process to fold the flange over. Linear stretch hammer used to add a bit more stretch and to minimize marks left behind..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWIpwh0zZg4


Finished sample...





….and checked to the brace





With the practice behind us, lets see what we can do to this hood. The outer circle is the mark for our fold, or opening size. The inner circle is the cut for our flange that will wrap around the 1/8 wire..





Getting our tin snips started...





Hole cut with no filing, no sanding, and absolutely no metal "splinters".





If you have issues with tin snips AT ALL, I recommend Bill Gibson's tin snip video... One of the best training/refresher videos on tin snips..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAOQfUaRZyw


Next, on to the underside. We have four places where these areas of the old structure was cut out that need to go. Opening the hood to see these remnants would just kill the look, so let's see if we can mimic a factory look here.





A piece of 16 gauge was used as a heat shield and using the Meco torch and the barrel end hammer, reshaped the offset back to match the adjacent contour...








That'll do pig, that'll do.


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Old 01-31-2020, 01:16 PM   #3
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Re: Hood modified for breather clearance

With the hole cut now we need to fold a flange to wrap around the 1/8 wire. The linear stretch hammer and a heel dolly is used to stretch the flange that will be folded down, then a tipping tool takes the flange down about halfway. Then I needed to get in the thick of things, further stretching and hammering over to a 90* flange, all while checking the crown around the hole to ensure consistent stretch of the flange.








Once the flange is folded, the Lennox is used to add the joggle for our wired edge..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMk4myTDvmY


Bottom side....








Top side....








Our 1/8 stainless wire "ring" was formed using our tubing roller, the tool shown here in the vise when we were bending fuel line a few months back....





The ring was then sized to fit, ends TIG welded together, filed, and media blasted for paint adhesion. The channel and surrounding area was abraded with some 120 grit and some SPI epoxy brushed into the channel. The wire gets laid into the channel and another brush coat on any bare spots. Then the flange is staked down using the linear stretch hammer to hold the wire in position...





Then the flange is hammered over as we did previously with our test sample.





After our initial coat of primer had dried, we brushed around the perimeter to seal the wire and flange.


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Old 01-31-2020, 01:20 PM   #4
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Re: Hood modified for breather clearance

Looking at the bottom side of the hood, all of the structure uses a radius where the parts intersect, so we may as well follow suit.. Holes were cut in some 19 Gauge and corners cut out..



Corners TIG welded and welds dressed..



The area our brace will cover is abraded so we can get it covered with epoxy primer before installing the brace.



Brace is media blasted to prep for epoxy primer, and test fit to the hood.. Once the epoxy sets up a couple days we'll get the brace welded in..







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Old 01-31-2020, 01:41 PM   #5
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Re: Hood modified for breather clearance

Prior to welding the brace in, we used some 3M NVH dampening material and added a few dabs on the inner hood skin where the brace's flanges would rest (Thanks to Chris Hamilton for the recommendation).




16 gauge cold rolled steel was used under the brace as a heat block for welding. The brace Is clamped, then tacked in place using the TIG.








TIG welded in short beads and checked the outside hood skin for heat, let cool and continued in that fashion.





Welds on the flat area of the flanges were dressed smooth. Remaining portion of the weld will likely be covered in a slight amount of filler to mimic the radius elsewhere under the hood.








Video of underside:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvVjRLtrYZY


Topside with some epoxy on the bare parts....


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Old 01-31-2020, 01:56 PM   #6
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Re: Hood modified for breather clearance

Robert.....all I can say is WOW.!!!!...as usual, you continue to impress...
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Old 02-02-2020, 06:47 AM   #7
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Re: Hood modified for breather clearance

Robert nice work as always, I always learn something from your posts. Was it you who showed how to make the tubing roller?

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Old 02-02-2020, 07:16 AM   #8
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Re: Hood modified for breather clearance

Thanks guys! Rick, yes, it should be in the wagon thread where we straightened out the fuel line.
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