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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 02:55 PM
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Finished the hinge, next will be the engine subframe and the gas springs to hold it up and I'll be done. :)
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 03:04 PM
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That looks like a lot of work. Nice :thumbs:
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 03:06 PM
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:hurray: I'd love to have one of those.
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 03:16 PM
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TT,
How's about a closeup shot of the hinge arrangment.

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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 03:20 PM
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it's too dark outside, just managed to snap these while bro there held up the hood.
I'll take some on sunday. I do have these 2 where you can see the hinging part, the flat plate bolts to the front frame extension (the extension was severely trimmed down and there are horizontal slots in the hinge part and vertical in the extension so adjustments can be made)







[Modified by Twin_Turbo, 2:22 PM 4/23/2004]
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 03:21 PM
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Sweet, looks good. :thumbs:
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 03:31 PM
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 03:46 PM
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Now THAT is very :cool:
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 04:09 PM
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Not bad, Marck.

Did you have to add any extra reinforcements/bracing in the front clip ?

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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 04:16 PM
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I'm not sure about the support in the front, I really beefed up the section where the hood and clip meet, see the brownish section, that's basically a big u rail. It still twists a bit, lengthwise it's really stiff, just have to do a bit about the stiffness from side to side. The u bar has about 10 holes with threaded inserts on each side to accept a subframe, I'll probably make one and see if I like it or not
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 04:58 PM
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cool.... :thumbs:
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 05:20 PM
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Woah... Didnt know they had grass in the netherlands... :jester

Looks pretty slick :cheers:
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 05:23 PM
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yeah LOL, all we have is grass...both on our completely flat country side and the kind you smoke... :crazy:
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 05:23 PM
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SWEET. :party:
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 05:26 PM
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I am very impressed!!!!!!!!!!

You've been a busy boy. :yesnod: :yesnod:
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 09:48 PM
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Very impressive double T! Nice improvement. You need to set-up busieness here in the states when your done. :D
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 09:58 PM
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yeah LOL, all we have is grass...both on our completely flat country side and the kind you smoke... :crazy:
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:hurray: :cool:
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WOOOO HOOOOO!! :party: :party: :party: :party:


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