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65 Valiant Signet, drivers side. Anyone ever try repairing this? it’s pot metal. Is there a source for a replacement part? Thanks!

Yep. I took a stab at it last night with a step drill. Those spots may have to be drilled all the way thru.

Excellent, thank you! Your pictures give me a very good idea on where I can expect to find all of the spot welds. I’m gonna buy a spot weld cutter/bit and try removing it from under the car. Thanks again!

That’s a great idea also. Thinking about the level of effort to do that it might be best to remove that panel anyway, notch and box it on the bench and then spot weld it back in place. In which case it might be easier to just put a round tube crossbar in its place between the frame rails to keep...

thank you so much! Those pictures alone answer a lot of questions.

Anybody ever drill out this panel? How painful is it? Spot welded around the entire perimeter? I’m building a custom 4 link and my upper brackets are encroaching on the shock mount bolt area. Before I just start chopping it out I thought it might be cleaner to remove the whole crossmember. 65...

I seem to recall that mine slid off after removing the ends that are screwed on.

i need a thicker than stock cowl seal for my glass hood. Needs to be about 1" thick, foam type I'm thinking. Having a hard time finding a source. Any ideas folks? What do the racers use? Thanks!

Thanks dukebuy. I still intend on pinning it at 4 corners. Would just like the ability to lift it up and prop it. Especially when I'm at the track by myself and don't have a crew to help me with a lift off.

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I have a race weight glass hood for my 65 valiant I've been sitting on for a while and would like to install now. I don't like the ideal of a lift-off so would like to glass in some mount points for the stock hinges. I will still likely pin it at 4 corners but would like the convenience of being...

I kind of wish I had sent mine off to be media blasted and sealed. It IS a lot of work to sand these things down. Ultimately I mostly sanded mine down to the original paint and primer. I'm a newb also and it was a lot of trial and error. Money/time-wise it probably would have been cheaper to...

Dip it! Look up plastidip for cars. They have some cool matte finishes. Peel it off when you're ready to work on the body and paint it with real paint.

I just picked up a used US Body race weight hood for a 64-65 Valiant/Barracuda. Mine is used, a little rough and needs some repairs, so I can't speak for what they are like new. Overall I would say the shape looks very accurate and it is very light weight. I intend on repairing mine and glassing...