Hey WagonCrazy, Wow! I am impressed at what you accomplished on the hood! Also like the stance of your car. Regards, Doug
Hey WagonCrazy, Wow! I am impressed at what you accomplished on the hood! Also like the stance of your car. Regards, Doug
Nice save, I am impressed.
Thanks guys. It's called "uninterrupted time due to work from home" I'm no longer even keeping track of the hours I have into this hobby. If i knew, it would make me think twice about how I'm spending my time and watching the years go by. But I'm having FUN doing it.
1957 Nomad- LS1/T56 on C4 chassis
1959 Fleetside Apache 1/2 ton, shortbed, big window, 327ci.
Update: New hood latch installation. The old one was junk, so I crafted a newer latch setup...
Started with a late model VW latch. You can find this on eBay for about $30. https://www.ebay.com/p/2123179042?
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Starting with the upper latch, it was already configured to fit the existing 2 bolt holes in the brace, so with a little elongation of the holes, bolts right up.
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Then made a cardboard template of a new lower bracket, for the VW piece to bolt into:
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Once I was satisfied it all lined up properly, I transfered the template to some heavy sheetmetal and fabricated the bracket.
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Then had to cut and modify the lower bracket (which bolts thru the lower pan) so that It would contain a mounting point for this new bracket.
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Then prime and paint all pieces.
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And install it:
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After it was all installed, I needed to add a new hood latch cable setup. Found this AutoLoc chrome handled universal one eBay for about $36. Made a small bracket and mounted it to the Lokar emergency brake bracket under the dash. Routed the cable thru the firewall, inside the inner fender, then thru the inner fender again behind the horizontal valance/chrome blinker bar/grill area, connecting to the latch.
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So here's the finished hood in the closed position...
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So that's it for now.
Last edited by WagonCrazy; 05-08-2020 at 10:00 AM.
1957 Nomad- LS1/T56 on C4 chassis
1959 Fleetside Apache 1/2 ton, shortbed, big window, 327ci.
WagonCrazy,That latch install is great! Thanks much for documenting how you did it.Thanks, Doug
Wagon Crazy wrote:
"So that's it for now. Nevermind this last pic of the bur[n]t wiring on my Husvarna dualsport motorcycle. Fried the brake light switch wiring...routed too close to the exhaust. Can't figure out how I got this pic in here and for sure can't figure out how to remove it. "
Select 'Edit' your post as usual.
Select 'Go Advanced' ...
Down near the bottom, there is an option for 'Manage Attachments'... select that...
you'll see your images you previously added to the posting. If you place your cursor over the one you want to delete, you'll see an [X]. When you select that and then select DONE, that image will be deleted..
Last edited by BamaNomad; 05-08-2020 at 07:36 AM.
That worked! Thanks Bama...
1957 Nomad- LS1/T56 on C4 chassis
1959 Fleetside Apache 1/2 ton, shortbed, big window, 327ci.
Cool idea and a nice job executing it.
I got busy with the buffer this weekend. To see what I could get out of this old black paint job. Here's some progress pics.
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1957 Nomad- LS1/T56 on C4 chassis
1959 Fleetside Apache 1/2 ton, shortbed, big window, 327ci.