Boy 'n' a Hood(scoop)

Howard2x4x4 · Jan 8, 2018

Took some time off because my welding (lack of) skills left the hood scoop warped and twisted, but then I realized I'm also warped and twisted, so I kept the ball rollin'. Not sure what I'm gonna do at the sides yet.... Not crazy about buying Bondo by the truck load, but I'll evaluate further later. Maybe.

Howard2x4x4 · Jan 8, 2018

Here's the Ginger Ale color.

Howard2x4x4 · Jan 9, 2018

Little more welding today, still connecting the dots.....

Howard2x4x4 · Jan 13, 2018

Sprayed some epoxy primer on the back 40 hood with a new mini spray gun. The mini gun was fun, worked great!

sprdv1 · Jan 13, 2018

Busy man.. Keep plugging away....

Howard2x4x4 · Jan 14, 2018

Made a cardboard guide for the scoop side and a posterboard pattern to trace onto a sheet metal side. Next, twisting the side a bit to achieve the desired contour.

Howard2x4x4 · Jan 15, 2018

Well, at least I am enjoying this thread, although at times it gets a little lonely..... Today I cut and ground and trimmed and bent and twisted and tacked and ground and bent some more....

langester · Jan 15, 2018

When you get done it will look awesome! At least when someone asks you "how much to build me one?" you can show them in pictures and time why its going to cost so much. Ha. Keep the pics coming too, looking great!

Howard2x4x4 · Jan 15, 2018

Thanks Langester! I'm lovin' the challenge of makin' do on things I've never done! Lookin' forward to building some bumpers some time down the road.

rspd505 · Jan 15, 2018

I like this look! I think you are planning a baffle, correct? I saw one in a later pic. If you do, consider moving it back inside further. That open scoop looks awesome!

Howard2x4x4 · Jan 16, 2018

Thanks RSPD505, and thanks for your earlier wise advice on welding. The baffle is sort of where it has be do in large part to a folded edge on the Ranger hood. I have two ideas sparring in my head. One is to black it out and add moon eyes looking out like on 60's-ish street rods. The other has to do with matching some grill mods that keep bubbling up in my brain.

Skiddy · Jan 16, 2018

when you get done, your going to be known as hood scoop howie

sprdv1 · Jan 16, 2018

Got to be done though

Howard2x4x4 said:
Well, at least I am enjoying this thread, although at times it gets a little lonely..... Today I cut and ground and trimmed and bent and twisted and tacked and ground and bent some more....

Howard2x4x4 · Jan 16, 2018

Yuppers, it's gotta be (and gonna be) done! Here's one of the Hollander ways I used to get it closer to done. The shape I wanted had compound curves: slightly curved end to end and also slightly curved top to bottom toward the front. I did the long one with two clamps, two spacers and a cleat, the the top to bottom one with some pipe sections taped spoon-ish in a vice.

Howard2x4x4 · Jan 16, 2018

'Nother day, other side, connecting dots and dots and dots and.... Tomorrow some closer to finished type grinding and filling.

BronCowie · Jan 16, 2018

Howard is rrrRockin' in MI!!!!!

Howard2x4x4 · Jan 23, 2018

Comin' closer with the scoop, lotsa sanding and priming and sanding and priming..... Probably gonna weld it to the hood tomorrow.

Howard2x4x4 · Jan 23, 2018

I got major league side-tracked today! Played with some paint. Showed me that I need to do better on the body work.

sprdv1 · Jan 26, 2018

Howard2x4x4 said:
Comin' closer with the scoop, lotsa sanding and priming and sanding and priming..... Probably gonna weld it to the hood tomorrow.

Such a FUN part of the process.. not LOL

Howard2x4x4 · Jan 27, 2018

Today was tack-y, tack-y, tack-y. Can't wait to connect the dots and smooth things out!

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