raising the nose
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Le Mans Master
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From: Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the women TX
raising the nose
So, the nose on this '75 has always drooped a bit. The hood, while admittedly is aftermarket, never fit right since I've had the car.
The front wedge of the hood sat up above the front something like ½" or better while apparently being fairly even the rest of the way up. Under the right conditions it was a dandy bug catcher.
I rigged it, I admit. Chopped a set of hood hinges and split the difference to make it at least half way decent.
So, now I'm looking at it and, if the new engine goes into the 3400 pound carcass the vette is sharing the garage with (goes in monday) I'll have more time to tweak the vette.
Does raising the nose only involve loosening the 3 front support bolts and putting slow, very slow upward pressure on it. The 3 bolts I see are in the front of the access panel between the panels under the headlights. They sit in a rough triangular pattern. One of the bolts is already loose
The front wedge of the hood sat up above the front something like ½" or better while apparently being fairly even the rest of the way up. Under the right conditions it was a dandy bug catcher.
I rigged it, I admit. Chopped a set of hood hinges and split the difference to make it at least half way decent.
So, now I'm looking at it and, if the new engine goes into the 3400 pound carcass the vette is sharing the garage with (goes in monday) I'll have more time to tweak the vette.
Does raising the nose only involve loosening the 3 front support bolts and putting slow, very slow upward pressure on it. The 3 bolts I see are in the front of the access panel between the panels under the headlights. They sit in a rough triangular pattern. One of the bolts is already loose
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From: Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the women TX
Don't have a camera. Been meaning to get one just to document this car and my loss of hair and sanity. The gap at the top of the door jams is slightly larger than the bottom. Given the length of the hood, it seems to me a slight raise in the end of the nose of ½" would perhaps close the gap a commensurately smaller fraction of an inch. I believe the radiator support is good. It's got a Dewitts radiator in there and seems pretty solid. Some things I haven't gotten to under the car. Just got some more jack stands but I've been working on the wiring for a while now. Car was supposedly never in an accident although the previous owner was the ur-Bubba. That primitive prototypical Bubba from which all other Bubbas are descended. So all bets are off regarding the cars history.
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