As usual with xmas time everywhere is shut so still waiting for small bits to finish off lots of jobs so my thoughts wandered to front panels, On the Willys I like to setup the hood first and get the beltline aligned with the door so first job was to find a hood hinge, stock is just a type of piano hinge, I found lots of piano hinge but the hinge part was pretty light duty on them all, luckily my old mate Gary Layton had a bit of heavy duty stainless hinge in his scrap box
Its 1.125" wide on each leg and has a nice chunky 1/4" rod hinge (although this caused a problem)
First it was cut to length and the shape of the recess








Unfortunately the thickness of the hinge meant the width of the leg had to be reduced considerably, Its held in place with 5 bolts so i'm sure it will be be fine.














Well it was xmas so I bought myself a present








Next job kept me nice & warm for a while Had to rub down the fibreglass where I had joined the cab to the firewall. It still needs blending & fettling but I will do that later.





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