67 hood on a 69-72 LFD style

[gringoloco]

Hey Rok- Looks awesome! I've been mulling this over in my head a bit and have a few questions for ya if you don't mind...

1) Instead of trimming the inner structure, why not drill out the spot welds and swap over the entire front section?

2) If you were not going for such a tight gap, do you think you could flange the bit of the late hood left and weld the early hood to it where they meet? You might even be able to get away with using panel adhesive.

Just some thoughts, thanks for any help you can offer. Again, this looks great!

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by gringoloco

Hey Rok- Looks awesome! I've been mulling this over in my head a bit and have a few questions for ya if you don't mind...

1) Instead of trimming the inner structure, why not drill out the spot welds and swap over the entire front section?
No you can not do that because the 69-72 hood is much taller and so is it's suport. The top flat section is very simular but the end is very different. Take a tape to both and you will see the differance.

2) If you were not going for such a tight gap, do you think you could flange the bit of the late hood left and weld the early hood to it where they meet? You might even be able to get away with using panel adhesive.

You might but keep in mind th e69-72 hood is almost vertical at the front lip so it will not meet real well with the early hood but I am sure some hammer work can fix most of that. Personaly I like welding and have not used panel adhesive so I could not say. I am old shcool, I like to melt stuff

Just some thoughts, thanks for any help you can offer. Again, this looks great!

No problem!
Kevin
LFD Inc.