Thread: Brookville 32/ Fitting Hood

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Don, thanks for the link.

Mike

Fitting hoods can take anywhere from a few hours to few days, a lot of great info on fitting them here just rember it will take some time and sometimes after all the shims were added and still nothing you just have to pull everthing back off and get a fresh start. but nothing looks better than a great looking front end.

Rex

One of the worst jobs i can think of on my 32 the Rootleib hood had to be trimmed at the front and metal added at the rear. Not really their fault as they didn't seem to fit that well on standard 32's
I set the grill where i want it and go from there, as the others have said it can take anywhere between 30-60hrs to get it looking right

Here in the UK some builders just space the grill up or down till right, Not my idea of doing the job properly though.

Originally Posted by roadster32

One of the worst jobs i can think of on my 32 the Rootleib hood had to be trimmed at the front and metal added at the rear. Not really their fault as they didn't seem to fit that well on standard 32's
I set the grill where i want it and go from there, as the others have said it can take anywhere between 30-60hrs to get it looking right

Here in the UK some builders just space the grill up or down till right, Not my idea of doing the job properly though.

I often wonder if I had bought a 3 piece if that would have been easier. A buddy aligned his 'glass '32, kinda, then had Rootleib build a 3 piece version from a template.

Some of the '30/'31s and '32's I've seen look like folks just gave up and said to themselves - close enough is as good as it will get.

Yep we have the same kind of people here
Strangely enough i've fitted quite a few 3 piece hoods and they seem much easier

Originally Posted by IC2

I often wonder if I had bought a 3 piece if that would have been easier. A buddy aligned his 'glass '32, kinda, then had Rootleib build a 3 piece version from a template.

Some of the '30/'31s and '32's I've seen look like folks just gave up and said to themselves - close enough is as good as it will get.

How much space should there be form the Grille shell to the frame? I spaced mine up about 3/4 inch.