Re: Caribbean Hood

Posted by Ross On 2012/10/1 5:25:01

On the original style, the hood was cut along the crease lines and the center section raised. This required that side sections be fabricated. M-B used rather crudely formed pieces with a lot of overlap, spotwelded in, and then a ton of lead to smooth it all out. Check out the workmanship on the bottom of a Carib hood sometime. All those pieces made them prone to flexing in use and consequently cracks would appear in the lead over time.

I left the bottom layer closed, except for the two windows, for rigidity and to direct airflow where I wanted it.