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 Another check was made to...  Another check was made to make sure the new piece will fit in its mounts.  With the hood secured, the...  With the hood secured, the hood brace is set in place and then secured at the ends by bolting it through the hood edge that has been folded over.  After another check against...  After another check against the cowl, the rear edge of the hood needed to be shrunk a minor amount, so a spot-shrinking gun was used to shrink tiny areas of the hood.  More adjustment could be made...  More adjustment could be made at the edge with either a shrinker or stretcher.  With the major hood fitting...  With the major hood fitting done, the rear hood brace is added and a similar brace is added to the front section of the hood.  Once the hood is put back...  Once the hood is put back on the car, you can see how the locating pin mechanism works.  Once the blister was added,...  Once the blister was added, the braces fabricated, and the hood tweaked to fit its opening, it was time to move onto the track nose.  Clay Cook (left) and Zane...  Clay Cook (left) and Zane Cullen test-fit some of the pieces before final welding takes place.
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