Reviving a rusty, dented hood. (1 Viewer)

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omg I want to be you when I grow up!!!!!!

Be carefull what you wish for, it is not always as good as it looks on a screen.

 

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brazed the rest of the right corner.

Positioned the hood flat for the next bit.

unfortunately the fuse blew on the compressor and I have no acces today, so no grinding with the small air grinders.

 

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cut out the next piece.

making the patch.

measured and drawn.

 

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Cut to size.

and Welded in.

 

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On to the next one.

Put some shape in a piece of steel using the E-Wheel. Next I layed it under the bad section and drew the holes on it.
After drilling the holes I bolted it on the hood.

Next I drilled 4 small holes on the edge of the Patch plate to fixatie it to the hood around the bad area.
Next I will cut out the rusted area, fixate the patch plate and draw the exact patch with the holes in the correct position.

 

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This week I’m out of the country so no update. Will be Continued next week.

 

[MOTOV8R]

Great to see your work again, but wtf happened from July 2017 till now?

 

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Great to see your work again, but wtf happened from July 2017 till now?

See my other treads.

 

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Lots of white stuff between the layers of paint.

 

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a little bit more done on the hood.

cut out the bad part, ready for the Patch.

This one is going to be interesting.

 

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time for an update.
drawn out the patch.

Cut out the surounding metal and test fit.

and some welding.

this way the holes Are in the exact same position as before.

 

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next was the hinge position.
Started with a larger patch with the complete hinge shape.

although being a great exercise I Decided not to use it.

 

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took out a smaller piece and added some New steel.

 

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Complete hood is bare metal now.

cut out the other bad rear corner and Made a patch.

 

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Fitted the reinforcements back in to see if the overal shape was still ther.

 

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And fabbed this little piece.

The overall shape is ok but there are a number of large dents in the main surface and the sides have a number of tears with very thin metal. Not sure How to aproach that, replacing will lead to a lot more work in the shaping are.

 

[billmc]

It’s great to see you at it again

 

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It’s great to see you at it again

Thanks

 

[Jdc1]

Your work makes it look easy. Very inspiring.

 

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Your work makes it look easy. Very inspiring.

Thanks