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Old 07-09-2016, 01:44 PM   #53 (permalink)
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what if

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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
What if you bought a junkyard hood, cut it in two pieces, and installed hinges before the new windshield?
*If I did it,the rear portion would have to include a new structural portion to support the new hinges,if I kept with a conventional layout.
*With the half-hood open,there wouldn't be enough access to the engine,so the portion incorporating the new windshield would have to swing up and away to allow the access,which would have to carry the forward hood with it.
*I might as well just create a 1-piece front clip which detaches and rolls away from the truck on 4-castored pogos like the U-2 uses.
*I like freebeard's 4-bar linkage idea,but in Katrina-like winds (which I've experienced on trips),I'd never trust it without an enclosed shop.
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