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]

@Retroracer @mgarrison
I'm sure there are other suppliers as well but I usually end up at McMaster-Carr for specialty items like these. Here's everything you'll need, aside from the right-hand threaded stud for the rod end that holds the pit pin. Just cut an M6 bolt...

When sourcing the pit pin and the receiver(s) you need to work out how thick the rod end part is, and add that to the effective length of the pit pin then get the appropriate depth/length receiver. I was able to get it so the pit pin locks the rod end in place with zero slop.

Adhesive mount studs:
https://www.mcmaster.com/threaded-studs/ste...ve-mount-studs/

Pit pins:
https://www.mcmaster.com/pip-pins/t-handle-...release-pins-9/

Pit Pin Receivers:
https://www.mcmaster.com/pip-pins/surface-m...k-release-pins/

Rod ends:
https://www.mcmaster.com/threaded-rod-ends/...ype~ball-joint/

Left-hand thread ball joints with stud:
https://www.mcmaster.com/90-degree-ball-joi...joint-linkages/

Left-hand metric threaded rod:
https://www.mcmaster.com/threaded-rods/syst...tion~left-hand/

Stainless rod:
https://www.mcmaster.com/rods/multipurpose-...urement~metric/

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