 Another approach to the GT hood prop, or, any excuse to help a friend! |
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| tygaboy |
 May 25 2022, 09:41 AM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 5,680 Joined: 6-October 15 From: Petaluma, CA Member No.: 19,241 Region Association: Northern California 
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@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. Attached thumbnail(s)  Attached image(s) 
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| Retroracer |
May 25 2022, 10:54 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 645 Joined: 7-July 13 From: Bend OR Member No.: 16,100 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Chris - those "designed to be bonded" studs are a good find - care to post the source pls?
Also, nice work on the strut! - Tony |
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tygaboy Another approach to the GT hood prop, or May 25 2022, 09:41 AM
tygaboy Once that was cured, I added layers of fiberglass ... May 25 2022, 09:45 AM tygaboy Sorry for the lack of in-progress pics but...
We d... May 25 2022, 09:49 AM tygaboy Done and done! I think it looks great and fits... May 25 2022, 09:52 AM SirAndy :trophy: May 25 2022, 10:19 AM mgarrison Chris, awesome details and incredible end result..... May 25 2022, 11:39 AM Shivers The hood won't be blown off of that by the win... May 25 2022, 11:47 AM mlindner Thanks tygaboy, that is a great solution. I instal... May 25 2022, 12:32 PM tygaboy @[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showu... May 25 2022, 12:34 PM tygaboy One other minor detail. It's a bit of a hack b... May 25 2022, 12:42 PM mgarrison Your just too cool Chris - THANKS! :trophy: May 25 2022, 12:42 PM echocanyons The more I drive this car, the more I like this si... May 25 2022, 01:33 PM TRS63 Really cool solution, thanks for sharing!
Ant... May 25 2022, 01:49 PM
roundtwo Strong work fellas. :beer2: Good to see you finis... May 26 2022, 11:03 PM |
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