i made my own forward hood kit out of aluminum angle and factory hinges and im just checking for intrerest
on a gp.
Can we have some pics? How well does it work? How much work is required? Finally what kind of price could you give?
steve white wrote:Can we have some pics? How well does it work? How much work is required? Finally what kind of price could you give?
this is what you might want to include to gain some interest in this thred.
Pics!?!!?! I'm interested, but we need pics
or you could just get some old buick hinges and do it yourself. if anyones ever seen people do this mod with the factory hinges....well.......its hideous looking
Joey Baggs (Eazy716) wrote:or you could just get some old Buick hinges and do it yourself. if anyones ever seen people do this mod with the factory hinges....well.......its hideous looking
you mean are trying to do this with the stock J-Body hinges reversed?
thats what his original post says....using factory hinges.
so if thats true, ive seen people do it before and its terrible looking.
Yup, that's the Buick hinges you see.
It's ugly as heck.
Not for me.
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Thank you Dave and JBO! 
Where is the hinge pictures.
Yeah but what a conversion..
Horrible??? Man, that's a work of art!
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smokeyoa$$ wrote:i made my own forward hood kit out of aluminum angle and factory hinges and im just checking for intrerest
on a gp.
?????????????????????????????? picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you lose interest in starting a gp?
sorry guys my computer crashed and i haven't been on in a while.
any ways the original kit turned out to be crap. the hinges i used kept loosning up and the hood would wobble when folded down ( my kit allows for the hood to open forward over the nose of the car and sit on the ground. or open regularly.) its pretty sweet!!!!! right now im redesigning them with bearings in the hinges, and im also trying to work in some gas shocks.
there is no welding needed, although you will have to cut some of the inside lip of your fender. im trying to eleminate that but thanks to our short ass lips on our fenders its not looking well.
but i promise the final product will be more than worth the money. i know how it feels to get excited about new parts then they turn to be junk. and i don't want to do that to any one.
when using buick hinges you cant keep the bar and the way i did it you have to flip the hinges as in the driver side when its on the buick will be the pass side on the cavi
here is the best pic if you cant figure it out from here i cant help you guys anymore. and this is the first time ive ever showed this. i had to do modifying to the hinge as in cutting it up but i made it work. i would just try to make a bar to connect the 2 again because it is wobbly when you are opening it
oh and by the way mine only cost me 10 dollars to do. so its easy and cheap but everyone tells me they cant figure it out
Looks simple enough. Not my taste, though. I'd prefer if it just opened and didn't lower....ala 70's model Datsun Z's. But to each their own.
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oh and by the way mine only cost me 10 dollars to do. so its easy and cheap but everyone tells me they cant figure it out
mine look the same as yours and yes it is easy to do just a lil time comsuming, on a side note cost me like 20 bucks
your the only other person i has it the same as mine haha. did you build latches up at the top or no. i know how i want to i just have not done it yet
