2002 handmade aluminum hood build

[Pigpen]

You are doing a wonderful job and I look forward to seeing the finished piece!

i understand how much time it takes, photos of one I made a few years back. I used 16ga. 5052 AluminumI wanted to have an e30 M3 look to it by the windshield for my race car. Probably took over a 100 hours! Good luck, Mark

[2002GT3CAR]

I’ve seen your car back at the Pittsburgh Grand Prix in 2018. Didn’t realize the hood was aluminum! Very nice job! Yeah it takes huge time especially stuff like the grills and inner structure. I’m trying to make mine so that it uses the factory hinges in front and those period rubber racing T straps in the back. Using 16ga definitely would be the way to go for a skin but with an inner structure 0.050” is enough strength. My goal is for this to be as close to a factory hood as I can realistically get without a press but I knew utilizing the rear factory locking bar and ramps was just going to be too difficult.