69 nova help .... PLEASE

The Good Agent is asking all the right questions. I bet the air cleaner is in the way.

Most kits don't have a 'real' working hinge, just tabs to hold it in the fenders in case you want to prop the hood open.

And don't mind G's sense of humor, it's warped!

Having toyed with a few real-life hotrods in the day,here's a trick to see if the hood hits the air cleaner. Take a very small piece o silly putty ,play-doh,or something like that.roll into a very small ball,I would say smaller than a pea.place onto the aircleaner at it's highest point and then gentilly close the hood as far as it will go.Point being that if the puttyis pressed flat and the hood wo'nt close you've found the culprit! Works 9 out of 10 times.

Sorry for the slow response...It seem that the hood hits the hood latch. The car went togeather very well everything fit well throught  the build that was why I was suprised with the hood...I posted some pic's below ..Please check them out..

I perfer twisted to warped but thats just me....

thanks

Bob

Holy crap,that looks darn near identical to nova my cousin just picked up! Good one!

Ya know, from what I can see in the teeny-tiny pictures, you've built it as a beater, so the hood not-closing all the way doesn't bother me at all. If you look at my Impala build, the real car had the same "problem"....

I wish you'd post some larger photos though?!

Sorry for the bad  photos....Please check out my 69 nova.....needs work post for some better photos....

Doog... I did check out your impala .....I only wish that I could do that kind of work...But I will keep trying

Bob 

Thanks, Bob; I saw that you checked it out--thanks for looking in!

Can you post larger photos? Your car looks nicely done, it's just hard to see any detail.

And you CAN do that kind of work--that's why I posted the WIP with all the steps! Just follow along, and try them yourself! Get yourself some hair spray and go to town on an old body until you get the hang of it!

uUpdated photos I hope....photobucket is always a crapshoot with me...

Geez, Robert, that's some genuinely fine work! It looks the part of a well-used, high miler!

The dusty appearance is great, and the rusted-out sides and dents all go a long way to making this a great-looking build!

You're no "slouch" builder! Nice work!

what the doog said.