[Roadsters] hood dents

[Toby B]

There's another explanation-
the seams on my hoods were indeed leaded,
but the hinges bear on those points of the hood.
So over the years, between vibration and rust, the spot weld 'spots'
get pulled down and leave dimples.
It's really more of a case of a design that wasn't very good.
You're not supposed to spot- weld panels in visible places...
but Nissan did it all over the Roadster.

Toby

> I have three hoods and two cars. In working on my project car's hood I
> noticed  spot welding dents on both sides of the lower end of the hood on
> both sides of the "DATSUN" emblem. The other two hoods have the same
exposed
> dents as well. Did not the factory make any attempt to cover up these
areas?
> In stripping the project car to bare metal I noted the factory lead that
was
> applied in many areas of the body but not the hood. Interesting. Don't get
> me wrong, I love my little car, I'm just wondering why the factory didn't
> lead the hood as well. Or, do I have three "special bus" hoods?
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> Steve