TA concept hood

[Mastercaster]

I have been wondering how to make a Trans Am hood With the hole in it for the scoop for my TA Roadster project. Upon trying to go to sleep last night I pondered the idea of simply reshaping a hood I already have. I took the Jimmy Flintstone hood and marked a line around it on some thin styrene. I measured and marked the hood to divide it in two at the back of the hood and made a straight line from the center of the point to the line at the back. I have a couple of 78 styrene Trans Am Hoods. I lined up the back edge of my silhouette to the back edge of the old hood and spot glued the hood to it. The old hood was way to long and needed to be wider. This is my second try today. The hood needs to bend down at the front to lay in place. I tried to put it in boiling water so that it would get soft to bend into place. NOT!!! It shriveled and turned to crap. SO, at my second attempt, I cleaned and polished it up to be clayed up as is and make a resin hood. I'm hoping I can put it under my really hot tap water and it will bend in submission to my will!



Here is the underneath side. The one uncertain thing is having the hole line up and actually be used on a engine. What if it is too far back or forward? I suppose it could be glued to the underside of the hood for show.

[danschevelle]

That looks good so far! I wouldn't worry about the scoop fitting. On a carbureted car, the scoop has to be centered over the engine, but on a fuel injected car, you put the scoop wherever you want and run ducts to the throttle body. So as long as the engine doesn't sit too high, you should be OK.

[Mastercaster]

Thanks for your input.