Ford Louisville

[sptruckie]

I’m looking to make hood hinges for the ford Louisville any suggestions 

[Jim B]

It's actually quite easy.  When I did mine back in 2008, I epoxied a small aluminum tube to the bottom front of the hood, and lined it up with two small tubes I epoxied into the front of the frame into the slots where the hood pins would have gone.  Then I just ran a wire through all of the tubes, and it's hidden behind the bumper.  You can just see the tubes in the frame in front of the radiator in the WIP shot.  The second shot shows how it looks when the hood is open.

[Fat Brian]

I did a very similar thing to Jim. I glued a plate to the top of each spring mount and attached a tube to the hood and pinned it with a piece of metal rod.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

I hinge  most of my cabovers like Brian and Jim have shown, but I often use brass doll house hinges from Hobby Lobby for hoods. I take 1 hinge and cut it in half for 1 hood.

Here's the Louisville. I'm not sure if you can see it. But try zooming in.

 

Here is a U model done the same way:

 

Here is a White 9000 that you can see them from the front.

 

Edited April 12, 2020 by DRIPTROIT 71