Custom Hood and Grill

If you have a custom visor you have to have a custom hood and grill. This is where it started with some foam insulation and a sharp knife. Wanted to get a good visual on how it was going to look before we started. 

This is the getting close to the shape. I started to use a file for the final shaping. 

We used blue tape to get the lines of the hood and green for the grill surround. Seems like most guys spend time removing the emblems from their rides where we are spending time trying to put one on. We have two emblems that we may use a 1934 Truck the one in the picture or the 1935 passenger car. The hood and grill will be two piece instead of the original one piece.   

No more foam its time for Chris to do his amazing metal work. No turning back now.

Took out about 4" to shorten up what is going to be the new hood.

Test fitted after Chris welded the parts back together. 

Chris made a stand for the hood for the next step. This is so the hood will hold it shape for the next cuts.

After the old metal has been removed. 

New sheet metal added. Will add a new piece that will have the new contour of the emblem.

We decided to go with the 35 passenger car emblem. It had less of a sharper curve than the truck emblem which fitted the lines of the COE better. Giving the new piece a test look before Chris welds it in.

A few more shots of the new sheet metal that Chris fabricated for the emblem. Next he will weld this part into the hood.