Stone, Woods, Cook Willys hood

[crazyjim]

I've been working on the SWC Willys and am now at the hood. Has anyone ever hinged it? I don't know if I should go for a front, rear, or side tilt on the thing. It's being built as a street machine and not the SWC gas coupe.

[fatkidd]

Jim,

if you are building it as a street rod, hinge it how you would like.

but, I think a forward tilt hood would be cool. i think that you have done a side hinge on something, so why not go forward?

or split the hood down the center and have it open from the sides

[Willys36]

Stock Willys hinged the hood very simply with a 10" wide 'piano' hinge at the top rear of the hood attached to the cowl.

[Dr. Cranky]

I like the idea of the forward tilting hood.

[crazyjim]

I just did a simple rear hinged hood. That build is already under glass.

[Dr. Cranky]

Cool, I will check it out, or maybe I've already seen it.

[crazyjim]

It's gold and made into a street machine.

[aarondupont]

If I'm not mistaken, all the hoods on the Stone, Woods & Cooke cars were lift off. Google Stone Woods & Cooke. You'll get pictures. Aaron Dupont

[Chuck Most]

If I'm not mistaken, all the hoods on the Stone, Woods & Cooke cars were lift off. Google Stone Woods & Cooke. You'll get pictures. Aaron Dupont

The were lift off, but had a couple of 'fingers' on them that snapped into grooves in the fenders.

[crazyjim]

Kind of tough with a lift off hood on a street machine. I hinged it from the rear. The "fingers" were cut off and grooves in the fender filled. It came out okay.

[walt francis]

Two rods and slide straight out.