GS Cowl Hood Update & List

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by mltdwn12, Nov 16, 2014.

  1. BuickGSrules

    BuickGSrules Gold Level Contributor

    Keep up the good Work. Us guys down the list wish you a very Cold Winter, LOL.
     
  2. mltdwn12

    mltdwn12 Founders Club Member

    Peoria, north west Phoenix area.
     
  3. mltdwn12

    mltdwn12 Founders Club Member

    Thanks, lets go with mild winter :) As much as the heat zaps you out in the garage, the winter has its own drawbacks. You have to be at about 65 degrees to work with the resin, some "winter" days are about 60 degrees, which means close up the garage and heat it up a little with a heater. Now your temp is comfortable but you have to wear a half face respirator the whole time because you can't open the doors for ventilation. Temps will start dropping off some here in a few weeks. Now that I have the garage cleaned and I've started back up I can hopefully keep building the things!
     
  4. Da Torquester.

    Da Torquester. Platinum Level Contributor

    My folks just moved to the Chandler area. A ways southeast of you. Was thinking of avoiding shipping costs if they just picked up the hood upon completion. They drive up to the Seattle area here to escape the heat. They could maybe bring it with them. Just an idea.
     
  5. izanurse

    izanurse Platinum Level Contributor

    Please put me in line. I live in NM, therefore I would just pick it up.
     
  6. mltdwn12

    mltdwn12 Founders Club Member

    I'm all for saving someone some money! The shipping cost is normally half of what the hood costs! If someone could pick it up it also saves me having to build the box and pack it too which takes a few hours as well.
     
  7. staged70

    staged70 RIP

    So Craig how long does it take to get a hood done?
     
  8. wovenweb

    wovenweb Platinum Level Contributor

    Please add me to the list.
     
  9. mltdwn12

    mltdwn12 Founders Club Member

    From start to ready to ship, it takes me about 4 weekends.
     
  10. mltdwn12

    mltdwn12 Founders Club Member

    Latest update, slow but sure....OK very slow :rant:

     
  11. CruizinKev

    CruizinKev Member

    Still available? How much is this hood? Any pics painted and installed on a black GS (71/72)?
     
  12. mltdwn12

    mltdwn12 Founders Club Member

    Yes they are still available, albeit at a slow rate :( This is as close I have to black! I forget the members name who has this car, I'm at work and my list of sales is at home. I've been selling the hoods for $550 for a bolt on and $400 for a lift off (hood pins to hold it on front and back)
     

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  13. mltdwn12

    mltdwn12 Founders Club Member

    I haven’t updated the list in a while, but today I went through this thread and wrote down all of the new names and dates. This weekend I’ll go through my PM’s and see if any of those are new and what date I received them and add those as well. Here’s the one I’m finishing up for Krayzie949. I always test fit the hood on my car, it saved me a big hassle once when I made one that was slightly off on the mounting and it couldn’t be aligned side to side with the fenders. Glad I caught it before someone sent me money and then was very pissed off when they bolted it to their car! As I’ve said in the past, I’m always looking at ways to make these hoods quicker without sacrificing quality. I may have come up with something I’ll play around with before the next hood. It may cut several hours out of the ~40 hours duration. I’ll also contact people that are close to the top and see if they’re still interested, if they’re not, it’ll bump it up some. I did realize today that I made a hood for John Biggs “Da Torquester” already. My list at home must have flip flopped him with Krayzie949. If anyone needs to contact me direct, feel free to drop me an e-mail at mltdwn12@q.com
     

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  14. mltdwn12

    mltdwn12 Founders Club Member

    Well I kept looking at that picture posted above and it didn't look right. At first I thought maybe it was the angle I took the picture or the fact that the molding wasn't installed. So yesterday I pulled my hood and molding and put the molding on the new hood. It still looked raised in the center :( I measured it and then put my hood back on and measured it at the peak too, the new hood is 1/2" higher in the center! I'm not sure why this happened. This hood was originally for a friend but he kept going back and forth on buying it, so it sat out in my shed leaning against another steel hood. I'm not sure if our high heat and the way it was stored caused the issue, but I was about to sell it to someone else, so I did the test fit. With this situation the hood is junk, a waste of 30+ hours of labor and several hundred dollars in material. Oh well, that's why I test fit every hood. Back to the molds.
     

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  15. BuickGSrules

    BuickGSrules Gold Level Contributor

    Craig, I am pretty sure that someone could live with that. If noone else wants it then let me know.
     
  16. CruizinKev

    CruizinKev Member

    How much for that one?
     
  17. mltdwn12

    mltdwn12 Founders Club Member

    Well if Krayzie949 wants to wait on another hood, I'll sell this one for half price ($275) plus shipping just to recover some cost. If I am going to sell it, I'll fix the little parts that stick down and line up with the headlight doors. The ones on this hood are a little too small. Easy fix though.
     
  18. CruizinKev

    CruizinKev Member

    dibs on that one ;-)
     
  19. BuickGSrules

    BuickGSrules Gold Level Contributor

    I would be in on it too.
     
  20. jaye

    jaye Well-Known Member

    Add me to the list, approximately what is the shipping costs @ 29016
    Thanks
    Jaye
    This hood will fit my 1969 Skylark right?
     

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