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So as mentioned before I had to close the gaps between the hood and the steering column.

Here are some 'before' shots of what I'm talking about. 

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As you can see the radius of the hood is different as the radius on the dash. How to mate these two corners had me scratching my head for a long time but finally I decided to take it step by step.

Started with drilling a few holes at about 45° in the radius part of the hood and made a cut from the dash into the hood landing 'in' the hole I just drilled. This gave me some relief to start hammering the (now two) parts of the hood closer together. I hammered until the parts got closer and ground away the excess bits as I went until the hood met the dash reasonably well. Then I welded the two parts and smoothed everything out with various grinding discs and flap wheels.

Some parts I had to cut and re-weld to get the shape and fit just right. The left side I completely cut loose again after my first attempt to meet up with the dash resulted in a faillure. After much more welding, cutting, grinding and sanding these are the results. 

Not perfect but I'm satisfied with it.

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sjoemie himself

Little clip I made from welding and grinding the hood.

 

 

 

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JPWH

Excellent work as always.

 

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Pullstart

Bravo!  

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