[Oletrucks] A D Hood Pie Cut

[Jim Krontz]

No, the cut is between the hood mechanism and the top.  Generally you don't
take out much more than 2 inches in the front... 

I've only seen it down once.

I have an extra hood, I was thinking about giving it a shot on my 57, just
to see how it turns out.  The hard part is sculpting the front to flow
smoothly back in.  After the pie is removed they don't lie up perfectly, you
need to adjust for this, either by sliding the hood forward and adding steal
in the back, or making a cut at the corners and pulling it forward (this is
how it's normally done).

As I said, lots of work.



-----Original Message-----
From: Gale Gorman [mailto:gale_gorman at mac.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:03 PM
To: Jim Krontz
Cc: 'James Hays'; oletrucks at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Oletrucks] A D Hood Pie Cut

Yeah, lots of work and then I always have to ask "why?"

Apparently you've heard of this being done. I'm not visualizing how "front
to back" is going to result in anything but narrower and then you'll need to
move the fenders.

To achieve a "downward" look I'm assuming you're dropping the nose with all
the hood latch mechanism. For the curve to work this needs to be done in the
curve itself and sheet metal needs to be added, not cut out.

Got a link to a picture?
-- 
Gale Gorman
Houston

On Apr 15, 2010, at 1:43 PM, Jim Krontz wrote:

A "pie cut" is when you take a section out of the hood.  Front to back, that
appears to be a thin slice of pie.  This gives the hood a downward
appearance.

LOTS of work...



-----Original Message-----
From: oletrucks-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:oletrucks-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Gale Gorman
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:56 AM
To: James Hays
Cc: oletrucks at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Oletrucks] A D Hood Pie Cut

What is pie cutting?

-- 
Gale Gorman
Houston

On Apr 15, 2010, at 10:32 AM, James Hays wrote:

Has anyone seen any instructions on pie cutting a 47 ~ 54 GM Truck hood?

Jim
551st PU
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