Here are a couple of hood prop options that i use. The little guy that mounts to the cowl comes right off with one screw. I like these options better than the huge setup that mounts to the rods.
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Henry Ford said,
"It's all nuts and bolts"
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
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Agree. I myself cut the ends off wire clothes hangers, run them into quarter-inch tubing, bend the tubing into an S shape and store them under a seat when not in use. -
I should have mentioned that the wire hanger is made from one of those exhaust pipe hangers. The auto part stores uses them to hang the pipes from the ceiling. I put heat shrink around it and a vacuum cap on each end.
3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
Henry Ford said,
"It's all nuts and bolts"
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
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where did you get that little cowl mounted job? That is really cool and sleek.
Have used the wire kind myselfComment
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Great for late models. My 29 has hooks on the radiator that hold the hood just fine. Factory standard equipment.Comment
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Vermin had those HOOKS! I "think" it was an Isaac Kramer re-pro radiator, couldn't find much info on it. He was a Russian Imigrant & made re-pro radiators from 1929 to 1939 & went into commercial stuff. "Supposedly", the top tank held MORE water???---Staring through the fins, it seemed to have an UNUSUAL tube & fin design!
Vermins' radiator was un-molested & didn't leak & ran COOL.
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Mitch: with the Snyder's props, does the hood touch them when closed ? They are a nice accessory!!.
Our car came to us with the fold out props that attach across the rods.Comment
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No it does not but as anal as I am you can see I put a thin piece of foam tape on it.3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
Henry Ford said,
"It's all nuts and bolts"
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
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My sons are helping me reassemble my 1929 roadster PU which was disassembled in the early seventies (yes, I know, some of you weren't born yet) and I have a question. I can't find the answer in any of the many books I have purchased. The center hood rod slides into the hole in the front. What happens in the back at the cowl. Does it just sit there? I saw a suggestion that you tie a little loop of...08-13-2017, 09:11 AM -
A tip for the anal
I make these little tubes from cutting down a heat shrink. Then place them on the hood hold down. This protects the paint from metal to metal contact. If ya heat it with a heat gun it will never fall off. Either way works heated or unheated.You do not have permission to view this gallery.
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O.k., down to the point where I need to add the hood cowl lacing to the new tank. (Ken and I installed it today! Yay!) I got the kit from Brattons (https://www.brattons.com/28-29-hood-cowl-lacing.html) and am now needing help.
The pictures on Bratton's site and the instructions that came with the kit don't match what was actually IN the kit. Photo 1 is of the instructions, which match...You do not have permission to view this gallery.
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there is zero frame sag so we can skip that part. (frame was checked before build) There is equal distance on either side of rad shells to hood sides. My shell is mounted as far back as shells allow. Adjusting the hood rods get the top cowl tight but what I need is the sides to meet the rad shell.09-09-2018, 09:48 AM -
Do the hoods that Rootlieb or Brookville Roadster make today, have the proper curvature in the rear of the hood, to match the curvature of the cowl? Most reproduction hoods I see aren't formed correctly here. They are straight. These seem to have been coming out in the '70's.
I've looked at their web sites and all they say is 'made to original, etc.'
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I have a 30 Murray town sedan. The main wire loom has the 7" long wire coming off of the light switch on the steering column. How was the cowl light crossover wire originally routed from there to inside the firewall?08-14-2018, 10:32 PM -
On the center line of the hood there are 4 riveted hinges. 2 at the front and 2 at the rear. Are these available anywhere? I have two at the front that someone tried to weld but they cracked again.09-07-2018, 03:15 PM -
How are the cowl light wires routed in a 31? I have a Tyree Harris main harness and a cowl lamp crossover wire harness. there is a fabric loom over the crossover loom from a female connector that has two wires connected together that ends with one shorter wire and one longer one. With the exception of the female connector on the two wire end the other single wires end in male bullet connectors,...09-19-2018, 09:24 AM -
anyone know the length of these rods...I have the mid '29 - up rods and they seem to be 1/2 inch to long. I don't know if a early 28 frame makes a difference. I have a new 28-29 rad.You do not have permission to view this gallery.
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One thing I learned and now do is a little trick Mitch mentioned I always used a lighter on heat shrink tubing never did use a heat gun until Mitch mentioned it that thought never ocurred to me and now that is the only way i do them.
One thing I do do is when making wiring especially on my a I wire wheel brush the heavy plastic off of a terminal so it is bare put heat shrink tubing on...11-13-2017, 11:42 AM
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