[t67]

How would one do this. Hood is from 73 Grandville and has a slight crease on one side probably only 10-14" wide. Probably from rusty hinges or something...anyway, how do you fix these, or do you toss them in the scrap pile??

[t67]

How would one do this. Hood is from 73 Grandville and has a slight crease on one side probably only 10-14" wide. Probably from rusty hinges or something...anyway, how do you fix these, or do you toss them in the scrap pile??

[Jim Mattes]

The problem with repairing hoods is that if it's creased from a bad hinge it will have a tendency to crease there again. Hoods are designed to fold a certain way in accidents and no amount of repair short of welding braces will help.

[t67]

Yeah, I was kinda thinking that too. I guess it would be smarter to find a good hood, rather than fix the old one. I wouldn't want to put 5000 square feet of paint on it just to fold it again!!

[Marty Phipps]

It is possible to repair that hood, and have it function properly.

Send me a good digital pic of both the outer damage, and inner damage.

I'll let you know the best way to fix that particular damage.
There's a couple of different way's to repair this type of damage.
But I can't really tell you which way to go, until I actually see the pic.

Marty

[t67]

Marty, thanks. I'll have to scan pics since I have no digital camera. I now might just part this car out however due to some money/time/storage issues. I'm still courious how to fix it though.