Getting closer to having a hood

[Moderator]

Seat belt attachment calls for a second horizontal bar at approximately shoulder height.
Together with a little bracing, you can achieve a lot of side-impact protection.

[Jim Stabe]

I will have a horizontal bar if I ever decide to use shoulder harnesses but for now the upper mount of a 3 point will mount to the vertical section of the hoop.

[Jim Stabe]

Got the skin crimped onto the frame so it's a nice rigid structure now. I added a center support to help keep the insulation in place. The weight of the completed hood is 33 lbs. I've never weighed one but I understand that a stock MGB steel hood weighs 30 lbs so it isn't too terribly heavy.



Now I have to work on getting it adjusted to fit well.

[Jim Stabe]

Fiddled around with it for a couple hours and have it fitting pretty well. The drivers side gap is pretty nice and I can close the other side up by moving the fender The gap at the back is wide in the center of the car because I didn't know how to bend a curved flange in sheetmetal when I made the filler piece for the cowl. It will be fixed before paint. I had to reshape the curvature over the grille with a little judicious hammer and wood block work but it fits pretty well now and the latch works.

[BlownMGB-V8]

Looking good!

Jim

[roverman]

Jim, How about some of the oem roll bars, ie. PT Cruiser convert, BMW roadster. ?

[Jim Stabe]

It needs to be a particular shape, an exact width and I also want it out of 2" tubing to make it look right. I had another one made but it didn't look right because the bends were too tight. It's not a big deal, I just have to get the tubing bent up and weld on the plates.