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Here is what it looks like with the
front group back on. I had to tweak a few things so everything would
lineup again but that wasn't to hard. Those Dzus fasteners sure do make
it easy to remove the hood sides. Dzus fasteners have a slot like a slotted
screw but instead of the slot being the same depth all the way across,
the slot has a radius to it. The radius is deepest at the middle of the
fastener and tangents out at the top. A normal screwdriver doesn't fit
in it correctly so I took a small handled one out of my tool box and
sanded a radius on the end to match the Dzus fastener. This way my new
tool (sanded screwdriver tip) fits it great and doesn't want to slip out
like one that doesn't have a radius on it. The last thing I need is to
put a nice big scratch in my new paint.
One thing I should have done was paint or plate
the spring plates that the Dzus fasteners fasten too. I forgot all about
them till it was time to install them and now I have something that will
end up rusting. Once the graphics are on and all the paint has been buffed out,
I'm going to remove the plates and have them chromed. You never know, I
might find a few more things that will end up being plated so this might
work out for the best.
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This is a shot of my hood supports. I painted
them purple but
you really can't see them very well in this picture. I thought about
chroming them but changed my mind at the last moment. Notice the
reflection from my air filter top on the bottom of the hood. Sweet!
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One other item that Bart painted was
my rollcage. I plan on covering it with leather once it's in the car but
to protect it from the elements, this should do the trick. To bad
I'll be hiding most of it because it came out real nice.
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modified slightly. I cut out the section that goes around the steering
column support a little more than I had previously because I thought it would look better. It's weaker
now that's for sure but I'm going to be adding a bolt on either side of
the new cut out.
This week the car will be going back over to
Bart's so the graphics guy, Robbie, can get started on it. Once he's
finished, Bart and I can install the rest of the panels, buff it all out
and then bring it home for the last time.
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