We have lift-off

[6R9Runner]

I'm picking up a fiberglass 6BBL hood from Year One this week- what's the best way to fit it? Is there a template to guide hole placement?

 

[george68hemirr]

i just bolted on the brackets in the back/drilled holes for the front pins and layed it out.....measure twice so its right.....maybe there is some pattern but i dont know about it.......somebody here may have that info :toetap:

 

[mac]

got this from the A12 forum. here is the link.
http://a12mopar.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1198528150/13#13

 

[george68hemirr]

and like it shows ....check cross ways for square

 

[dobie]

i just bolted on the brackets in the back/drilled holes for the front pins and layed it out.....measure twice so its right.....maybe there is some pattern but i dont know about it.......somebody here may have that info :toetap:

Yeah, that's what I did to.

 

[6R9Runner]

The link is awesome, mac. I didnt realize the Super Bee and Roadrunner use different rad-support pin placement, so using my buddy's A12 Bee as a reference would have caused problems.

I'll measure everything on my car first as a sanity check, and drill the holes in the hood with a 1/4" bit to spot the pins before going full-bore. Thanks for all the advice.

 

[6R9Runner]

Installing this hood gave me an excuse to clean up some poor bodywork and to repaint the blackout. And drilling the holes involved installing and removing the hood a few times to get it right, so with all that practice I can remove it alone. The center will get blackout as well. Purists will cringe but it works for me.

 

[69hemibeep]

I did the same thing in 1975 and when we moved out of the rental we were in
i left the old hood and air grabber behind :loco:

 

[mac]

Installing this hood gave me an excuse to clean up some poor bodywork and to repaint the blackout. And drilling the holes involved installing and removing the hood a few times to get it right, so with all that practice I can remove it alone. The center will get blackout as well. Purists will cringe but it works for me.

when faced with making choices about what is "right" for the car, always refer back to the person whose name is on the title of the car. that is the only person who gets to decide. :cents:

 

[6R9Runner]

I like that attitude, mac :cool: Here are some quick pictures of the fenders, the blackout turned out well, low-gloss black is a VERY close match to the hood.

I did the same thing in 1975 and when we moved out of the rental we were in
i left the old hood and air grabber behind :loco:

SpongeBob, what did you use for an air intake with the lift-off hood? The proper 6-bbl has a huge oval air cleaner base/lid, and I'm only running a 4bbl 383.

 

[69hemibeep]

I like that attitude, mac :cool: Here are some quick pictures of the fenders, the blackout turned out well, low-gloss black is a VERY close match to the hood.

I did the same thing in 1975 and when we moved out of the rental we were in
i left the old hood and air grabber behind :loco:

SpongeBob, what did you use for an air intake with the lift-off hood? The proper 6-bbl has a huge oval air cleaner base/lid, and I'm only running a 4bbl 383.

It was a hemi car I left the dual quad air cleaner on it. Yes I had the best of both worlds, a lift off hood Hemi car

 

[6R9Runner]

I finally finished the hood, been a little busy lately...

 

[ACME A12]

You might be interested in this...:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MOPAR-A- ... ccessories

 

[6R9Runner]

You might be interested in this...:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MOPAR-A- ... ccessories

You are reading my mind- that is very cool, I didn't know anyone made one of those. Thanks!

 

[ACME A12]

You're welcome! When I reread your post quizzing Bob about what he used to mate his LOH to his set-up I remembered that I had seen this yesterday while conducting my periodic trolling for A12 parts on the E-bag...

Finished hood treatment looks good BTW. Forgot to state that in my earlier post.

ACME

 

[69hemibeep]

I think it looks great

 

[sixgunrunner68]

I think it looks great

x2
I like the Viper as well. :drool:

 

[moparchris]

It looks awesome! By the way nice Viper! :drive:

 

[6R9Runner]

Thanks all. The Viper belongs to my buddy, he's keeping it at my place until the snow thaws up north. Of course it had to snow in Atlanta today!

 

[Roadcuda]

The hood looks great!