My 57 Pro Street

[jimig1]

Kim you do some sweet work can't wait to see it finished.

[Kim57]

Originally Posted by candyx

Nice fab work,liked your rod bending jig.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by 65Pickup

Incredible...can I ask what your background is? Engineer, fabricator, welder, all the above. Very gifted.

None of the above.
I'm basically self taught at home. I've always liked tinkering with stuff since I was a little kid and been a hot rodder since before I could drive.
I do wish I had the finances to get all the tools to make it easier but I get by jury rigging what I need.

Originally Posted by BC Toy chest

Awesome work, keep it coming.

Thanks

Originally Posted by jjjmm56

Again, a great mind at work. One thing to to look at, when bringing the hood foward from the closed position ,my rails did not have enough lift causing the corners of the hood to scrape the top of the fender. Also make sure you have enough roller depth on the rail and the rail straight because it can come off when rolling the hood back. When making this stuff it all trial and error, I can't wait to see it finished, then I'll have to redo mine.

I know what you mean by trial and error. I made the angle at the back of the rails rather steep so I can start to get some lift as soon as the hood starts to move forward.
If I have to redesign the rails it won't bother me that much as I don't have that much time or money in them. I was thinking I may need a rail on top of the roller but won't know until I get the hood mounted and give it a try.

Originally Posted by jimig1

Kim you do some sweet work can't wait to see it finished.

Thanks.
I want to see it finished also but all things in time.
Kim

[jimig1]

Originally Posted by Kim57

Thanks.

Thanks.
I want to see it finished also but all things in time.
Kim

I know how that is. I want to have my truck driveable by June next year not sure if it will happen. I don't want to rush through and cause more of a headache

[ChuckDriver]

Great work as always!!

[chevyrestoguy]

You are one crafty guy. I always look forward to updates on this thread.

[kustombrad]

Dude, you are a fabricating fool! Awesome!!
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[oldman3]

Looking good.....Jim

[Kim57]

Well it was 1 step forward and 2 steps back.
I had to rework some of the items on my hood.
The first problem I ran into was the bars that connect the hood to the truck. With the hood closed they ran into my hood support bars. This was a minor problem and all I had to do was notch them.
The last 2 pics are a little hard to see but shows how they clear now.
Kim

[Kim57]

Here's a couple more pics of the support fix.
Kim

[Kim57]

Now for problem #2.
The first pic shows the hood as it starts to go through its cycle of being opened.
Everything looked good until I got it on to the supports. With them pointing straight out it allowed the hood to rest on the fenders (sorry no pic).
I had to redo the brackets to allow the hood to have enough clearance so it wouldn't hit them.
Kim

[Kim57]

Out with the old and in with the new.
I'll get some pics of the hood on when I get a chance. It's kind of a pain when I'm trying to do it without someone else in the garage.
Kim

[Daze57]

kim your fab stuff always looks great - w/ great ideas

[Kim57]

Originally Posted by Daze57

kim your fab stuff always looks great - w/ great ideas

Thanks.
Kim

[Kim57]

Just a few pics to update the hood.
This is how it will sit when opened. It is balanced on its own right now but I will make a rod to hold it so it won't move and hit anything.
I still have to finish the runners. With the changes to the front they are going to need a little tweaking.
The last pic shows the gap at the rear of the hood I will have to address.
Kim

[Rods57]

Looks great, I had to invent a word for your work, fab-0-licious!

[oldman3]

Kim, very clean looking, will look great when everything is painted, very nice work as usual.....Jim

[BC Toy chest]

Bro pat yourself on the back, that is some wicked work that came together real nice.

[GeorgeVale]

Real nice job on the tilt mechanism. looks good George.

[Kim57]

Finally was able to make some progress on getting the tilt hood done.
I ran into a problem with my first set of tracks that the rollers were to ride on.
The hood would close fine but bound up something terrible when I went to open it.
It was a lot of trial and error trying to get it to open and close smoothly without hitting the fenders. I finally got something that works.
Here are the pics of the final product. i still have to clean up the welds but I'll leave that for another day.
Kim

[Kim57]

A few more pics of the hood in various stages of being opened.
Kim

[1Bad62Pro/Street]

Nice..........

[Kim57]

I wanted to come up with a simple rod to prop the hood open that I could store in the engine compartment.
Here's what I came up with.
I used some 5/16 rod and put a couple of bends in it.
I also got some bronze bushings and a couple different sizes of solid shaft collars.
I little welding and I wont have a problem losing my prop rod.
Kim

[oldman3]

Kim, excellent work on the roller setup and the prop rod....Jim

[ChuckDriver]

Wow. That looks perfect. You should be selling a kit to all of us!

[Kabwe]

Looks great man.