Originally Posted by Mr Michael B

I have seen several cars with a trio of holes there. Looking very factory. But I was like "where the heck do those drain to?" when I saw them.

FWIW I put mine together without. It wont have a chance to rust ever on my watch anyhow.

Originally Posted by jorijori

Wachuko, sorry off topic backdating question, but still relevant to the work you're doing.

Can I re-position long hood's latch so it will fit onto a short hood latch panel?

Originally Posted by Deschodt

Ok, here's an "after" shot, finally...

The front end is mostly fitted except the rear edges of the bumper, I will wait for the final tightening of the fenders to drill the perfect holes there...You can see some hardware in the horn grilles holding the bumper up and lined up. Those will be hidden by the bumper seal... I love the old-look. I may leave it like that and not paint it... (kidding)





And Bryan welded a tab to the hood latch so that I can still reach it (SC front end + long hood = fingers too short)

Originally Posted by Deschodt

We finally got a working solution for the $%#$%$# hood release - remember it's an SC with a longhood so your hand cannot reach the release as easily as before with a shorter hood, unless you are have the hands of an elf, a concert pianist, or a girl ;-) (or you are as incredibly skinny like Bryan - didn't want to stick you with the previous 3 choices buddy)



It's genius, I tell you ! ;-) I should get this registered... Big market.... ;-)

The effing Aero mirrors are also on, and I kinda like them... They are a lot easier to mount than to assemble, I'll give you that ! I had pictures but they are awful as the flash make the car 2 toned (more than usual anyway), so it will wait till I take her out for a spin !

Big surprise: The flag mirrors are incredibly HEAVY ! I'm surprised they don't ripple the door skin, damn !!! I'll have to weight those separately, but there is a better thread for weights ;-)

Talking about that other thread for a second ("pulled 500 lbs of my car?") , I find it amazing that the car raised itself quite that much by doing just what was done. I pulled the same amount of weight of my SC, give or take 20 lbs, and my car is pretty much where it started ride height wise, the front may be a tad higher, but not much... ???? Does one of us have bad shocks or torsion bars ?

Originally Posted by Mr Michael B

Longhood conversion: You know that will work but... If you just remove the short hood cross piece & weld in the long hood piece you actually do it like the factory did. That is probably the way I (and probably Jaime) would do it. He removes metal & welds new in without issue!

Originally Posted by Constantine

Jaime,

Great thread! Really appreciate your time spent on documenting your work along the way for the rest of us.

Are you going to cold galvanize or other wise treat the old and new sheet metal that will be hidden before welding everything up? Just wondering how you will protect those areas.

Have fun,