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hood-prep for paint-- Some more hand sanding , then primer. gelcoat has some orange peel that needs flattening.
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hood-underside, besides 4 new layers of fiberglass cloth I added a sandwich of aluminum to stiffen hinge area. The real weakness is where the bottom curves up to the sides. needs strengthening or hood will flex badly side to side.
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underside of hood-getting ready to paint-3 hours of sanding. For a good finish the underside will need filler applied and sanded out to get a smooth surface.
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hinge mount is on right-layed up 4 layers of glass cloth on bottom and up the sides trying to stiffen up the hinge mount. I was only partially successful. It still has no strengh side to side with the hood open.
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Blind screws to hold grill on. Screws countersunk in FRP on the front of the scoop and filled over. There is a nut under the grill cloth to keep the screws tight and then another nut&washer to hold the grill cloth on.
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old grill - no scoop opening. The SC gets very warm when making boost so I decided to open up scoop to blow air over SC.
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inner flange-2" wide aluminum-shaped to fit in nose of hood-wish I had a longer piece of aluminum so there would only be one splice
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flange with 1/2" sq. mesh inside nose-the mesh is hot glued on the flange for now-might glass it on later when I decide if I like it. Changed to 1/4" stainless cloth.
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painted flat black for now-you can see one of the two screws holding it on at the top inside of the nose
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2 SS screws hold the whole thing in. Grill cloth is fastened to flange, flange is screwed to FRP flange w/2 screws top and bottom center.
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rear section and fenders with lights. Put lights in fenders to get widest look for night time driving.
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mounting bolts for fender-overkill?--clearance holes for protuding bolts-light lead. With all those fastners I can sit on the fender without it budging. Most of the fasteners are thru bolts w/washers and nuts.
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rear light after steps 1,2 & 3. I am still searching for a "correct" Brixton light for the car.
