The car is fully assembled, but it's up on a lift with other problems now. I'll run by the shop to snap some shots, but it's very easy dropping the radiator. It was just getting the nerve up to do it at first. But WATCH THE RADIATOR FRONT. I rubbed the
oil cooler cowl when dropping and set a "line" in the fins. Lessons learned.
As for the hood, if it's a Superformance, that's a breeze. My daughter and I lifted the hood in it's open position. Using the hood rod on one side and my daughter on the other too support, I ran around and installed the 6 hood bolts finger tight to the hinges (did not remove the hinges from the car body). Then set the hood down and latched it, adjusted the position, then from below with a 18" long 3/8" extension tightened the 6 hood bolts snug. About 5 minutes of work.
Ahhh..I just saw that was you Dean. You're the one with all the cool ideas. Or did I just one up ya on the "CoolFlex" hoses?? I still say that custom clutch fluid reservoir you have is awesome. The hoses probably cost just as much or more.
Another edit: Hey Freddie, is that the #11 I see on you avatar. I had the same number on mine until yesterday. I took the car down to Texas World Speedway last weekend for tracking and HPDE. What a blast and how exhaustive. But.....they gave the number "11" to another car, so I had to add black tape to form the number "117". NOTE TO ONESELF, duct tape and static cling decals don't release from each other. Stretched and ripped trying to remove. So $100 worth of decals right into the trash can. These things are just fun money pits.
BTW, my personal best at the track; 125 mph in the banked front straight away before diving back down into the infield. So exciting, got a "woody".
Steve #968