1969_FEStang

Cut holes for clamping ,flipped it over and trimmed the flange ,but still needs some more . The hood just about fell out with out any damage . The mold came out just about perfect except for a couple of chips at the ends of the scoops but i am very happy with the turn out . Oh ,and the ram air chamber made it in today !

First block sanding with 180 grit . Nice and flat except for what looks like two thumb prints at each rear corner . It will get primed one more time and then blocked wet starting with 400 then 600 then 1000 ,that should take out the two marks at the rear ,if it doesnt i will leave them because i will still have to block sand the mold and they will then be a high spot and easily sand out and them buff. ,still have one scoop to block but my fingers are raw and burn like fire 

Last coat of primer sprayed and it is slick ,a good wet sanding and the top is done ,it will set a couple of days first .

I ordered the ram air chamber ,i dont know if it is fiberglass or plastic ,i may have to make a mold from the factory type chamber so i can make a fiberglass one so i can modify it. 
View from what could be the cock pit 

As much as i hate bondo ,this was the only way to blend in the scoops . Still a bit of fine tuning but coming along...and i have no finger prints left trying to sand inside those scoops!

With my shoulder feeling much better this morning,i had help flipping it up right and got some epoxy on it . Blocked off the scoops and built the edges to 3 /16 thick so i can make the mold with finished edges ,lots of block sanding now .

The epoxy is dry . I have to fix a couple of spots though ,i didnt quite bring the center part of the V in the peak high enough so it is slightly flat ,and the inner rib along the driver side scoop is a touch narrower than the other side ,and its metal  . Other than that it should pretty well block out in the first blocking . I will let it set a couple of days before i start block sanding 

Edges are rolled and the front lip is spot welded . I made a slight V in the peak ,it was to flat looking . I still have to figure out how to finish off the rear ,it has a 3/4 inch rise like a cowl induction hood but much lower . I did manage to get two very slight dings in the top edge but i am really happy so far 

I have to trim the top panel down to a half inch wider on both sides and the rear ,the front is 3/4 longerr that a 69 hood top ,so i have the metal for the fold over . I really dont have anything to cut the top panel with out warping the edges so i have to figure somthing out  there . . I set the top between the 2 forms and it pinches tight with out denting ,so soon i will fold the edges .

I started making the forms for the top skin . I have a flawless 69 Mach 1 hood that i have been saving ,i used it to form the poplar forms . I made an inside and an out side form ,they will sandwich the top skin between them as i fold the edges of the top skin ...that is the idea any way ,and hopefully it will keep any warping out as i bend over the edges over the wood form . I have a lot of bracing to do to the forms though ,they cant deflect as i fold the sides or everything is screwed 

Now you done did it haha!

Great work Ridge Runner. Maybe it's Halloween, but i see a Donald Duck mask.

Great work Ridge Runner. Maybe it's Halloween, but i see a Donald Duck mask.

Oh ,roof spoiler ,a little work on the front valance ,and we are mad Max ,yeah!

I am going to go ahead with the 69 hood with a 71 ram air top skin ,this will be a steel hood and later pull a mold so i can make them in fiberglass.
I peeled the top skin off the 69 hood ,had a lite rust film in the inside of the underbracing so i took my little sand blast pot to it in a small spot just to see how it would clean up . It cleaned up very well with no pitting so this under brace is good to go . This is a very straight underbrace ,i will finish blasting it then i will epoxy primer before i put the 71 73 top on .
I used my small angle grinder and ground through the edges of the 69 top ,the fold over only had 3 spot welds and two of them didnt hold .the peak of the hood had about 8 spot welds that i ground through and the top skin just fell off ,the glue ford had used let go a long time ago .

Fixed it for you.