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Old 05-12-2010, 06:46 AM
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Default 54 MG drag car hood

While in Rhinebeck, my sponsor Pat, wanted a better hood built for his 54 MG drag car. Small block chebby with injection through the hood. He had an original hood to go from, so I took that home and made a simple copy.

I dont have pics or much detail on how I laid it out, but can discuss how i did it if anybody in interested.


A pretty simple fun project. Used .062 3003 ally, covered the outside i clear shelf paper to protect it, and went to town...



GoKart slicking the rolls, started out with a high crown lower wooden anvil and sucessivley got smaller untill I reached the radius I wanted.


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Rolled edges, ready for trim

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Laying the original hood to transfer my cut lines for length and width

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so far so good...

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cut the hole for the injection

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a great spot for my SuperDuperTipGrips

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Almost tipped all the way.

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Alil hammer and dolly work on the tipped edges, and this is what you see here.

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The best part of this project, my very first Dutchie Seal Of Approval. If anybody has ever gotten one of these, you know what I mean.

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I had to do something when these guys were shopping a top in the shop inbetween documenting the top chop project

Enjoy
Marty
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