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Another crappy cell phone pic but here's the Rad support I fabbed up the last couple days.

I'm still feeling alright about laughing at this, hahahaha.

"We could be like Tiger Woods and his daddy!" HAHA

Ok so this is the progress I've made. . . What I started with. Cut/drilled out the factory upper rad support Used a hammer and dolly to get it more or less straightened out. Bolt holes are now aligned properly and the hood hinge aligns well. This is the new upper rad support. I will add vertical supports between the upper and lower tomorrow.

Well I took the fenders off today and got a better look at everything. I WANT to cut it out cause its ugly but I also dont want to get to sidetracked if I can just hammer it out. Does anyone have a donor piece I could use if I decide to cut it out?

Hmm, yeah mine obviously took a good whack and thats what started the rust.

So since I've owned my car I've never been able to get the drivers side of the hood to sit all the way down flush with the headlight bucket. Well now that I'm taking some time to go through the front end and engine bay I found the reason. The metal section the hood hinge bracket mounts to is seriously screwed. I removed the headlight bucket so I could get to the backside, thinking I can use a hammer and dolley to straighten it back out. Now that I've got a good look at it I'm just not sure the metal is very sturdy anymore. Granted it doesnt really have an structural role but . . . So do I try and straighten it out, kill the rust, coat it and move on? Do I cut it out and fab a new piece? Only thing about a new piece is that this plate is threaded for 3 hinge bracket bolts and two fender bolts. Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics. Here's what the other side looks like by comparison.

very cool work. I like it.

Really? Cars? I figured you'd be doing something in the fashion industry . . . who knew!

Have a safe trip. I was in Nigeria in July of last year. I spent most of my time in Jos. I had a great time there and met some wonderful people. Have a good time.

You hit it on the head. All you would need to do is swap the bell for one from an L and it would be no harder than a KA tranny swap. Check out some of the threads regarding this. Good luck!

I'm one of the few people thats excited about this! Mike, I'm coming to visit!