Finished welding panhard rod mount. This will attach to the bodyshell. Made of 3.2 mm box steel.ground down the weld bugers,and set in New welds.
Finished welding panhard rod mount. This will attach to the bodyshell. Made of 3.2 mm box steel.ground down the weld bugers,and set in New welds.
2 nd try at panhard rod mount
Hood ready for fiberglass mold
try to make the good blister,very suttle.so not to noticeable. Only 1 inch high
Welding the bellhousing to t5 plate 
New photos 
Static build, engine level transmission 10 degrees to drivers side. Can adjust when in car
I cannot imagine a 17 tilt on a camaro or firebird car. Wow
3rd layer of glass, this is the ugly side, one more layer of fiberglass Mat in hour, then pull off oem steel hood. Sand inside smooth, then install fiberglass cloth bottom layer ( top layer when done) and 2 layers of Mat for strength. Then do underside ribbing in glass.
Heavy glass cloth Ugly side
Popped out off, a little flexible, maybe add 2 or 3 more layers to get it stiffer before I make the good itself. Any ideas here?
Don't just add layers, that'll build a lot of weight without adding much stiffness.
Use long foam blocks and fiberglass over them to create bracing that'll greatly increase your section width without much weight penalty.
The goal is to create "ribs" like the stock hood has.
Alternatively you could also attach some aluminum angle.
Bas, this is just the mold for the new glass hood, but thank you for the information
Hood mold trimmed, I little flexible, now thinking about just sanding the top of the hood mold, and just using that, plus the stiffener ribs, under it.to bond then togeather, a urethane sealant. My logic here, they glue the glass into the body with urethane sealent, and Windows don't blow out., any help here?
, sand top of hood,fill the gaps with resin and chopped glass. , sand more, lay a cap of resin to smooth it out, and seal. Then finel sand.
One layer cloth, 2nd layer matt,3rd layer glass, in the mold I made, let cure untill Sunday eve before I pop it out. Next, make ribbing supports to keep shape, and mounts for the hinge and lock.
the discoloration is in the mold, not the glass. Found a way to roll the resin and fiberglass out, a 4 inch long foam roller, worked great, even when I layed out the resin on the mold before I put 1st layer of glass one, rolled out each layer before layed next layer of glass.the photo here is the underside of the new hood
Trimmed, going to add 2 or 3 layers of resin ( thin ) so I can sand to a smooth surface.very light, adding stiffened on the back soon. First photo in fresh out the mold
Came out of mold 5 mm on all sides to short. So Trim glass cloth to 20 mm wide, add fiberboard to the up side, flip over glass the underside with 3 layers of glass cloth and resin ( before glass, Mark the fiberboard with a wide black marker, that I can see thru the glass) then trim to shape.
Fix a problem, find a new problem..lol
Alfaromeoguy said:Fix a problem, find a new problem..lol
ALWAYS! 
Hood is looking great. Keep on working through those challenges!
sanded all the gloss off the resin, so I know it's flat now
Sanding que.. it goes from gloss to Matt finish
Some imperfections, but I know some would show up.the ones on the edges, I left for reason. Adding more glass to make edges stronger. And still need to add 5 mm of glass to edge.
but overall it works.
just dropped it on the car, very close fit, need to sand a little off the nose, and add a little on the sides.
this is just a discoloration
Not bad! I do glass work for my day job but I'm not sure how comfortable I'd feel doing a big mold like that. Do you have the hinge mouns on yet? I'd like to see how you attach them.
Buzz, no mounts yet,thinking of ways to do it, and keep it in the car on the highway,don't want to litter.
Update, I will be trying to use oem hardware for the hood, to open and lock it down
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