Another approach to the GT hood prop, or, any excuse to help a friend! Options

[tygaboy]

@buddyV Robert has the Getty GT replica hood and trunk lid. Lovely items, btw. HIGHLY recommended if you're looking for high quality and great fit. Anyway, he's been using a wooden dowel as a hood prop. We'd been talking about making him a proper prop ( (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) ) since he installed the hood and we finally got around to it this week. Here's what we did:

I'm a fan of a prop system that "locks" in place and prevents the prop from falling out of place in the event of a wind gust, being bumped, etc. So the first thing I did is whip up a bracket that has a receiver for a pit pin.

Next, I sourced some M6 studs that are specifically designed to be bonded on - note the oversized, perforated base. Then I mixed high density adhesive filler into epoxy resin, positioned the studs and let things cure.

[tygaboy]

Sorry for the lack of in-progress pics but...
We didn't want to pull the tank and weld on the chassis so we added a Rivnut to the center of the firewall and bolted another pit pin receiver to the outer area on the right side.
Then I welded up a prop rod out of stainless and used a left-hand threaded ball joint on one end and a rod end on the other. This allows the needed infinite adjustability so the overall length can be exactly what it needs to be and the rod can "pit pin lock" into the chassis receiver.