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[Tomahawk]

not japanese... and about 20 years older then the z

AC Cobra?

[1badg35]

nope. german was the correct answer. already pretty much planned it all out down to color schemes, what work will be done, etc. it will be a 40 year old daily driver/race car when complete with the heart of a current vehicle from the same lineup of cars

it wont be until i find a clean shell, so it may take some time to source.


progress

so i temporarily sat the fenders and front fascia on the car so i could see how the area looks before the smoothing. perfect





you get the idea of what i was going for. now there is no odd missing area formed around the latch area. Much much cleaner and smoother.

going to paint today if all goes well

should basically look like this quick render I did a few weeks back....


back to another thing i started but havent had the time to finish. the cowls..

some fiberglassing in order to smooth out the whole piece and remove the area surrounding the wiper holes

resin stage


smoothing sanding smoothing sanding




quick mock up in some gray primer. now i have to sand a bit more to smooth it out a little further, and then hit it with some high build primer, knock that down to smooth, and then some paint can come



almost getting there. sorta

[frink84]

nice trick on the cowl covers!

[rsingh3g]

I can't wait to see it all done after paint

[dgoizo]

Always killin it Vince!!

[gbaby2089]

So with the removal of the hood latch, why are you sacrificing the aesthetic of the car's exterior for a detail in the engine bay?

[1badg35]

slightly. the hood pins if all goes well should barely be noticeable. They are being painted tomorrow to match the body color, and are about the size of a quarter.. So hopefully they blend right in. I hope..

and I dont run a hood often, as the car is almost always in the garage under the knife, so Im not super concerned. It will be something that i likely will have to point out to notice. two quarter sized items that stick above the hood about 1mm.

i hope they blend in.. taking a decent chance on it

[andybob]

slightly. the hood pins if all goes well should barely be noticeable. They are being painted tomorrow to match the body color, and are about the size of a quarter.. So hopefully they blend right in. I hope..

and I dont run a hood often, as the car is almost always in the garage under the knife, so Im not super concerned. It will be something that i likely will have to point out to notice. two quarter sized items that stick above the hood about 1mm.

i hope they blend in.. taking a decent chance on it

I'd say you need to have a little more confidence. lol. Judging by the rest of this build, I'm sure they'll be perfect.

[1badg35]

car is off to the booth! and on a messier note, my 2.5 car garage is literally full of the disassembled Z. about every square inch of the garage has a part on it.. I am not a messy person, but the current garage situation makes me sick. haha

[Strawhat]

I seriously can't even believe how clean your engine bay is.
Like...fuck.

[1badg35]

thanks.

so yeah, im not 100% sure ill love the outcome of the hood pins, but they are very small. and when they are the same color as the hood, all should be fine.

here is a picture on an nsx.in the aluminum it comes in






needless to say, they are tiny






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[gbaby2089]

Yeah, I feel like they'd be more bearable on a hood with more character lines/ridges going on the smooth/even lines of the OEM setup.

I really hope they work out though, I do dig this car.

[frink84]

since they are so small, would it be possible to flush-mount them and paint over?

[1badg35]

I may mount them in a way that is flush to the hood so they do not protrude up, but ill never smooth them into the hood. The paint on almost the entire car is oroginal, so i wont be messing with paint on the hood.

Have to really take into consideration the hoods inner design which I have not yet even bothered to look at yet. Once the car is back ill try to place them and mock it all up.

I want to make sure they actually function so that the hood doesn't decide to slap the windshield while on the track say. I'll post up the process once I actually get to it.

Deadlines are getting ridiculously close and I still have a ton of work to do.... 50/50 if the car will make the drive to staggered.... I'm busting my ass to get it to

[Verdigrie]

Vince, I've been thinking about this on and off for the past few hours whilst I was painting my wheels and thought I'd offer a suggestion.

If the hood pins are too noticeable have you considered reverse mounting the hood?
In a manner similar to the E30 hood, but instead of there being a hinge mechanism on the radiator support, underneath the leading edge of the hood could have two hooks that slide in under the radiator support. The rear edge could then be secured with a bracket mounted in the stock hinges place, that would allow releasing the hood with two bolts hidden at the edge of the cowl.
The only disadvantage to this is that you would lose some adjustment range in terms of panel gaps and the hood would either be on or off (not propped up) but for your use I think it could work.

Anyway just a suggestion, sorry if I explained it badly, I'm used to using hand gestures and drawings to help explain myself