Build Thread '83 T-top Coupe - Welding Holes in My Rear
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Not a chance John. It’ll look better once the middle of the hood is semi-gloss.
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Yeah Dave, I would leave it off unless you need it. The front end looks f-ing good though! Nice work. Does it still need to be cut and buffed? Or you’re just that good?
Those are my favorite scoops of all time, even though they arent really a scoop. I trimmed mine down though. Once I had one, I wanted it to be a little more subtle. Still yet to put it on. Reds dont match from scoop to hood. 
No buffing yet, just getting lucky.
The hood scoop will be on the car. 100% chance.
I thought the same thing at first but painted the same color as the hood stripe, I think it'll be pretty badass.
Listen not to these nay-sayers. That scoop is what started this project if I recall correctly.
A rusty POS t-top coupe sitting in a junkyard while I was looking for a hatch for Doby started this project. I saw it sinking into the red oklahoma dirt and I had to have it.Listen not to these nay-sayers. That scoop is what started this project if I recall correctly.
I just thought that reverse facing scoop was always really btchn' looking. I remember the commercials on tv back then for the GT. This is my 21st birthday present, just a little late is all.
Isn't the now green and grey hood, the previous blue and grey hood that had the stripe repainted several times and cleared in shiny then matte, and now is green that was cleared in shiny, then shiny again that will be finally cleared in matte?
I didn't think you could put that much paint on top of paint.
I didn't think you could put that much paint on top of paint.
That is a future problem Mike. Lol
It’s not good to have that much paint in a panel, you’re exactly correct. It will start checking eventually. Could be a couple years, could be ten.
I never thought that it would be the long term hood anyhow. That’s why I don’t take it too seriously.
After what the sandblaster did to it, I knew it would have a limited use.
I’ll worry about the forever hood when that time comes. For right now, it will keep the rain off the engine and look pretty doing it.
For now actually, it will sit in a storage closet upstairs at my house.
If Dave accidentally painted over a mold that he made of the OE hood, would we be able to tell the difference in pictures? 
That's not mold Noobz, it's just the new colorIf Dave accidentally painted over a mold that he made of the OE hood, would we be able to tell the difference in pictures?
.I know pictures can hide flaws, but the hood really turned out nice.
In a way I'm curious as to how long the paint job lasts. The vehicles that I've had to strip due to crazing (cracks and hazing) had been painted several times over a very short period. The solvents never had a chance to escape. The hood has had plenty of time to bleed out the initial solvents. The current job could last a good amount of time.
They probably scrapped and melted down a US ship, so yes it kinda is American steel. All this hoopla about steel tariffs and US companies reopening or building new still mills is almost laughable when you consider the average age of an American steel mill employee (discounting white color mgmt types) is something like 57. No millenial wants to work in a
oh, the horror, STEEL MILL.Political rant aside, that is looking bad ass! I vote FOR the hood scoop. Always like that style. I saw and followed a Wrangler in that color yesterday for about 10 minutes. Sitting at a couple of red lights I could imagine the Fox body in that color. Different. I'll give you that! But I think when it is complete, with all of your expertise and custom touches, it will be awesome!
Thanks Drew.
I really don't give a red rat's bunion hole about wether the floorpan was made in the US or not. I care about wether it fits.
I really don't give a red rat's bunion hole about wether the floorpan was made in the US or not. I care about wether it fits.
Got a last couple of required items in preparation to working on Booger.
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