Fitting the Hood - Part 3

Not a lot of free time at the moment - hence onto Part 3 already and the hood is nowhere near being fitted!

I managed to paint the inside faces of the GRP moulding the other night so having got some M5 stainless dome nuts I fixed the pivot brackets to the GRP moulding (bedded on a layer of Sikaflex to allow for surface undulations in the GRP): I also got some M8 dome nuts so I finished off the undersides of the moulding fixings:Yet another package to open was some m5 thumbscrews for fixing the GRP moulding to the body: Just the job and small enough to clear the angled flange around the back over the boot yet big enough to get hold of easily with your fingers: So masking tape was applied to the bottom of the moulding and it was bolted into place ready for fitting the hood. The hoops and pivots where also fitted: Next I masked off the top of the windscreen and fitted the front hood bows holding them in place with masking tape around the lower end: I also marked up the sides of the bows in 10mm increments from the bottom edge of the bow - this will help to centralise the hood over the screen: Rapidly approaching the time for glueing!! But first I need to get a few heaters to get the garage nice and warm - if not hot - so the hood will be nice and supple. Problem is the temperature is dropping here and snow is forecast for the next couple of days!

Better get some BIG heaters then!

Planning on Friday being the day for glueing.