[Roadsters] hood dents

[Dewey Hahlbohm]

Toby, I agree with your take on this.  Spot welding the hood was the design flaw that showed itself after years of use.  Dewey 

-----Original Message-----
>From: Toby B <RacerY at comcast.net>
>Sent: Oct 30, 2009 10:22 PM
>To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
>Subject: [Roadsters] hood dents
>
>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?
>>
>>
>>
>> Steve
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