1967 F100 first drive, hood

My uncle and dad came up this weekend and gave he a hand setting the hood onto the 67 F100. The hood is heavy and awkward and has just been in the way throughout this entire project. I've stored the hood in the bed, on the roof and then back in the bed again and its tough to move.

I wanted to get rid of the 1967 hinges and come up with my own design. The  fenders have bad cancered-out rust around the hinge mounts also that I need to repair still. I like the simplicity of the door hinges mounted flush against the firewall with gas struts for support. This allows the hood to open wider with much more access under the hood.

After we got the hood tacked on, we had to move it outside to get a couple pictures and listen to it run. It has a nice low tone with the glass pack mufflers. Couldn't take it around the block quite yet but it wont be long.