Progress update continued
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Another shot of how the hood fits to the cowl.
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So I made a carboard pattern to the upper part of the cowl opening and placed it under the firewall. Hard to see in the picture but the firewall is not shaped the same as my pattern. I bought this firewall over 25 years ago so no returning it now. The bottom corners will need to be pulled outward also to fit the cowl where I have the marks in the lower corners.
This was supposed to fit 37 to 40 Fords. 39 Ford Tudor sedans not so much!!
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Here is a section of the original firewall that seems to fit the shape of my pattern much better.
https://www.trifivechevys.com/cdn-cg...21-jpg.355943/
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After cutting off the top flange of the firewall and clamping the flange and the lower section where they belong you can see how much of a gap will need to be filled in to make it all fit correctly.
https://www.trifivechevys.com/cdn-cg...37-jpg.355944/
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A more close up view of the gap to fill in.
https://www.trifivechevys.com/cdn-cg...02-jpg.355945/
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So I have everything held in position with sheet metal screws ready to start cutting some pieces to fill the gap.
Funny thing is that the firewall and floorboard kit came with 4 or 5 pieces of 16 gauge flat stock about 5" x 18" so they must have known that they didn't fit all 37 to 40 Fords correctly when they made them. No mention of that in the directions though, go figure.
Brian :cool: