Cutting the two hoods to join them together: bottom
Posted by Craig Hendrickson On 2015/3/5 15:44:01
A corresponding hole had to be cut in the Clipper hood. Here is one example of the scribe lines. The outside line is a trace from the final cutdown GTO hood top and the inside line is for the 3/8IN flange ledge.
The center of the Clipper hood cut out. Don't let the lack of pictures between these two pictures fool you. The Eastwood metal shear was barely able to cut the Clipper sheet metal which was only 0.004 thicker than the GTO hood sheet metal but was made of some kind of super strong steel. I had to turn the compressor pressure 10 psi over "max" of 90 psi, we had to lube the cutting blades constantly, Roy had to push really hard on the shear & position it exactly at a certain angle and I had to manually pull the cut metal out of the way. What a job!
A closeup of the front center of the cut out. The small hole is the forwardmost mounting hole for the hood ornament.
Roy using the Eastwood pneumatic flanging tool to create the flange on the inner edge. The top will lay on this flange and then be welded in place.
The center of the Clipper hood cut out. Don't let the lack of pictures between these two pictures fool you. The Eastwood metal shear was barely able to cut the Clipper sheet metal which was only 0.004 thicker than the GTO hood sheet metal but was made of some kind of super strong steel. I had to turn the compressor pressure 10 psi over "max" of 90 psi, we had to lube the cutting blades constantly, Roy had to push really hard on the shear & position it exactly at a certain angle and I had to manually pull the cut metal out of the way. What a job!
A closeup of the front center of the cut out. The small hole is the forwardmost mounting hole for the hood ornament.
Roy using the Eastwood pneumatic flanging tool to create the flange on the inner edge. The top will lay on this flange and then be welded in place.
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