Built a fiberglass hood

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Built a fiberglass hood
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I needed a 6" cowl hood to clear my big block set up in th b2200 and after i found out you can not buy one I have built a plug so i can make my own lift off cowl hood. here it is so far. i should have the mold made next week then i can build all I want.
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Post was last edited on Nov 13, 2011 03:17. Edited 1 time.
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nice!
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can you make the mold with changeable cowl size...that would be cool as hell and may sell better if you can make what someone needs
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if this works like it should i may build some with smaller cowls that will use factory hinges. this will be a lift off
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I got the mold seperated from the plug this morning before work. it turned out pretty good. I ordered the rest of the mat to build a hood earlier today. we are going to build one saturday.
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that thing is sick
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Thanks. my material should be here today, takes a while coming from Florida. i am taking of friday to build the hood wish me luck
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just got the first hood out of the mold today. it was not perfect but good enough i can do the body work and get some primer on it this week. i am by no means a fiberglass expert. it is done in clear gel coat next time i think i would use a colored one. here is some pictures
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Post was last edited on Nov 14, 2011 04:14. Edited 1 time.
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Damn fine job!
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I got it done. painted cleared and ready to go on to the next project.
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