I thought I'd post a few pics of my last metal project on this car. The hood is quite nice on the top side and 90% of the bottom ... but looks like it was stood up nose down for years before I got it. So the bracing along the front on either side of the latch hole is pretty bad.
In this pic I've cut a piece of 22 ga the approximate right size with some to spare to cut off .. then Cleco clamped it to the rusted section ... used quite a few because I need it fastened well enough to bend over the top edge.
This photo shows the patch after the top edge was bent to match the original metal.
After the top was bent I cut the bottom off .. cutting through both the patch and the metal beneath.
This photos shows all the trimming done and with the cut-off lying there on top.
