Murray to IH 1568

[sjoemie himself 3,068]

So as mentioned before I had to close the gaps between the hood and the steering column.

Here are some 'before' shots of what I'm talking about. 

 

 

As you can see the radius of the hood is different as the radius on the dash. How to mate these two corners had me scratching my head for a long time but finally I decided to take it step by step.

Started with drilling a few holes at about 45° in the radius part of the hood and made a cut from the dash into the hood landing 'in' the hole I just drilled. This gave me some relief to start hammering the (now two) parts of the hood closer together. I hammered until the parts got closer and ground away the excess bits as I went until the hood met the dash reasonably well. Then I welded the two parts and smoothed everything out with various grinding discs and flap wheels.

Some parts I had to cut and re-weld to get the shape and fit just right. The left side I completely cut loose again after my first attempt to meet up with the dash resulted in a faillure. After much more welding, cutting, grinding and sanding these are the results. 

Not perfect but I'm satisfied with it.

 

 

[sjoemie himself 3,068]

Little clip I made from welding and grinding the hood.

 

 

 

[JPWH 6,033]

Excellent work as always.

 

[Pullstart 62,884]

Bravo!