hey guys i want to know if you would rather fix your dented hood or replace it.let say corners bent and some bullet holes??please post pics of your worst hood repairs...

 

That totally depends on how good a body person you are. I have been doing that for 50 years so fixing a hood is not much of a issue on one of these old trucks. If your skills are not very good you can give it a try and if it doesn't look good enough for you then keep trying. These hoods have lots of metal and your the only one you have to please. If after several attempts it's still not what you want then go buy a hood. The worst thing you will have done is spent some time and learned to do some body work even if it's not perfect. The best thing you will do is learn some body work and be proud of yourself. Body work is 90% time learning and 10% doing it. The learning curve is just time consuming, not hard for anyone to learn, and once learned it's a skill you will have forever and will never look at a project the same way again. What once seemed too hard for you will suddenly be a easy project.
My advice would be give it a try, you got nothing to lose but some time. Learn to use a hammer and dolly instead of filling it full of filler and go have fun..

 

i have some hoods they need work on and i want to make them look nice so i can swap them for parts for my truck or sell them to put the money on the f1.....thank you much...do you have pics of some you have restored???

 

Unless you are going for show quality I would leave them.

They add character and just think of the lies you can tell your grandchildren about how they got there!!

 

I agree with the above comments. These trucks were mostly farm/work trucks. I'm gonna fix what I want on mine and to heck with the rest. The little dings on the inside of the bed--adds character in my opinion. I am taking mine apart right now. It HAD a huge dent in the back upper corner of the cab. Looked like somebody dropped a 2x8 on it or something at some point. I have stared at that dent for months now. I just said what the heck and used a dolly and a hammer on it the other night. I took my time and it looks good to me now. And feels smooth. I'm sure it's not "NASCAR-template" straight. But it's good enough for me.

 

Sometimes we don't have a choice. I don't know anyone selling new hoods for 48-50 F1's so If it can't be fixed you have to try and find a better hood than the one you have. Bottom line - Always try to fix the one you've got.

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i have 3 hoods 2 for a 49 50 ford car 1 is bent and the other 1 is complete but twisted 1 non ford truck hood but if i try to sell em as they are people will try to lowball me but if i fix em up i want to know if i can get better money for em,so i can buy a bumper

 

Oh. I thought you meant for your truck. Try to fix them if you think it will help you get more for them and you think you can do it. The other option is just be a hard nose and tell them this is the price, take it or leave it and don't let them low ball you.

 

the money will go to my truck that is my goal...

 

Wish my hood had a dent to fix....It has no dent but has more rust than the rest of the truck put together....

Paul

 

If the mounting rib / brace on the rear of the hood is tweaked it becomes a pita the make it fit right .

 

I tried to fix mine. It's Ok, but not up to the rest of the truck. So, I bought another old hood to give it another try. We'll see how this one comes out.

 

I was lucky my hood had no rust holes at all only a few small dents that hammered out nice. there is only one small spot that shows sighs of hammering. Being painted bright yellar on both sides its hard to hide it all. But lucky its were the long horns will cover it up when i install them.

 

LarryB can you sent me a private message? I have a couple of questions for you. Thanks Donald