1972 Duster Build with my Daughter
So I made a mod to the hood hinges so they would not bow so much when under tension. I welded in a 7/16" washer then drilled it out to 1/2" so there was more stability on the pin. It worked great...
I painted the hinges and hood as well last evening so we installed the hood and started bolting and aligning the fenders. The driver fender was a mess like I have said. It needed to be built up a a lot to not have the hood stick above it... Spent the day working on the hood alignment along with fixing all the dents in it.
We also built up the fender more to get more of a body line. This time we went too far....
I had some epoxy primer mixed from last night and shot the places we worked on. The fender needs to be sanded down a bit more its front edge had a nice point for the body line now but the lip looking from the front is too fat.
The Boot and Bonnet are installed! Getting closer every day... Seems like it is one step forward and two steps back some days but we will get there...
So I made a mod to the hood hinges so they would not bow so much when under tension. I welded in a 7/16" washer then drilled it out to 1/2" so there was more stability on the pin. It worked great...
I painted the hinges and hood as well last evening so we installed the hood and started bolting and aligning the fenders. The driver fender was a mess like I have said. It needed to be built up a a lot to not have the hood stick above it... Spent the day working on the hood alignment along with fixing all the dents in it.
We also built up the fender more to get more of a body line. This time we went too far....
I had some epoxy primer mixed from last night and shot the places we worked on. The fender needs to be sanded down a bit more its front edge had a nice point for the body line now but the lip looking from the front is too fat.
The Boot and Bonnet are installed! Getting closer every day... Seems like it is one step forward and two steps back some days but we will get there...