Scorpion Hood

[davidb]

Sometime in the future I will require a Scorpion hood prior to
the car visiting the bodyshop. My hood is severely rusted, near
& around the cowl vents. Nasty mess in that area. Planning
ahead I thought I'd post in advance if someone has one in
relatively decent condition. I know the shipping will be hor-
rendous, so be it. Three new cowl vents would be nice too!
Please advise, thank you !

[John O]

A hood's gonna be tough. When I had my accident, finding a hood was often heartbreaking and almost deal breaking for repairing the car at all. Ya, start looking now!

However, you might want to consider this:
http://montehospital.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=22

http://montehospital.net/shop/images/MH0033.jpg

This piece lets you (or your body man) repair the damage around the vents.

Hope this helps.

John O.

[davidb]

Thanks John, I didn't know TMH offered such an item. If the
rest of the hood appears salvagable [it's not stripped yet]
that might be my salvation. + 3 TMH cowl vents. I'm not
keen on something applied w/mastic but . . .

[John O]

I'm not keen on something applied w/mastic but . . .

I think you're likely refering to applying the plastic vents as the repair panel would properly be welded in place by someone skilled in not making a puckered up mess out of it (for example: not me!). For the vents which usually have enough mounting tabs broken off they'll fly off at 20 mph, 3-M makes a fine black double stick foam tape intended for automotive trim. The product name escapes me right now, but it is awesome stuff, weather resistant and it seems to just disappear once the trim is in place.

John O.

[davidb]

No John, sorry not the vents. That cowl/vent replacement panel
TMH offers: description says no welding. Hood metal too thin.
Thanks again. I have lots of time to plan all this out. I'm still
saving the $$$$ for whatever bodyshop it ultimately heads to.

[John O]

TMH offers: description says no welding. Hood metal too thin.

Wow! Really. Okay. If Rod (or Chad) says it, it's likely so. Anyway, glad I could help.

John O.

[bjmarsh]

Dave,

Save up your $$$$ The rust will also be in places you cannot see from the outside. The "fix" will be to split the inner/ outer hood panels. The leading edge of the hood is also a rust prone spot, but you cannot usually see it from the outside until it is quite advanced. If you can find a competent shop (and it might be a restoration shop rather than a "repair" shop), they can split the panel, weld in new patch panels as needed, close it up and prime it.

Just "fixing" it from the outside w/o addressing the internal rust issues is IMHO a waste of money

Expect to pay from $500 to $1000+ to get the work done. Schedule might also be an issue, depending on the shop it might easily be a few months to get it scheduled, repaired and back to you. I used a local resto shop that did a lot of high end car restoration work on Italian cars, took a lot longer than expected and cost a lot more than originally estimated.


Barry
2L F.I. w/ "restored" hood"