Looking for a hood for my Rj-58

[wheel boy 0]

Hello,

I got this Rj-58 sight unseen and asked him to deliver it to my place I'm taking a closer look at it and the bugger crack the hood and put this metal patch on it with a bunch of screws an now I have to turn the gas cap off with pliers .

So I'm looking for the back half of the hood. Can the front part be saved and joined to the back half?

Thanks

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to answer your question.....yes , i believe just about any sheet metal can be saved. i'm new to wheel horses , but can i assume that a hood will be hard to find thus making it expensive? if so , it may be worth the effort

looking at the picture and not seeing it it person it appears to me that a patch for your existing hood could be formed out of some 18 gauge on a slip roll , with some fine tuning with a planishing hammer and maybe a shrinker/stretcher. of course ,it would then have to be welded in while keeping warping at a minimum. again , not seeing it in person it's hard to judge but i think a good metal worker could have that fixed in 3-4 hours

or you as you suggested , you could just join a good back section to your front