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Just bought a 82 corvette, and I don’t remember if I bought it with the hood dipping in or if I did something. Imaging the hood as a V shape , and the point of the V dips in about half an inch. Is there something wrong with the hood ? The other two ends where the hood closes are good
Last edited by Ramiro1200; Apr 20, 2020 at 08:46 AM.
x2, a pic would help. Had this problem on my 70, not a 1/2" though, That's a lot!. Ended up cutting along the reinforcement at the front of the hood, made a makeshift jig on saw horses to bring it up and glassed the cuts. Unfortunately this is a common problem, seems fiberglass never stops changing shape.
Many years ago I read something to the effect that polyester resin fiberglass will just fall apart in about a hundred years due to the chemical makeup, that marker is not all that far away now. I do know the 59 I'm restoring, mostly unhit unmolested body, every panel is wavy almost beyond belief.
x2, a pic would help. Had this problem on my 70, not a 1/2" though, That's a lot!. Ended up cutting along the reinforcement at the front of the hood, made a makeshift jig on saw horses to bring it up and glassed the cuts. Unfortunately this is a common problem, seems fiberglass never stops changing shape.
Many years ago I read something to the effect that polyester resin fiberglass will just fall apart in about a hundred years due to the chemical makeup, that marker is not all that far away now. I do know the 59 I'm restoring, mostly unhit unmolested body, every panel is wavy almost beyond belief.
On the early chrome bumper cars they have a support rod that goes from the core support to the leading edge of the nose, some adjustability is possible, not enough to eliminate that but possibly improve it.
Someone here more knowledgeable on these later cars can hopefully help if a similar adjustment is possible. I'm afraid that surgery is probably the only real fix and I do think that can be confined to improve it on the underside of the hood and not wreck your paint job if you're careful. Possibly a replacement hood would fit better but as is often the case, that will also require fitting work as well.
Open the hood and check the metal support under the nose. If it's delaminated it will let the fiberglass come up above the hood. Hope not it's a tough fix.
Hood dips in
