I had to travel to The Pacific Northwest a couple of weeks ago and checked Craigs list for some parts I was looking for and made a new friend who has a 41 Ford pick up that channeled (no Pics) very nice truck. We were discussing how to pancake the hood on it. I did some searches here but really didn't find anything. Has anybody done this and can you share some tech info and pictures please?
ahh come on! somebody has to have done this or has a plan or had to have at least thought about it? Somebody, anybody
http://www.customcl***ictrucks.com/...hevy_c10_pancake_hood_modification/index.html newer model truck... same idea
Hey, For whatever it's worth, the artical in "CUstomCl***icTrucks" got it WRONG! The modifacation they did to the hood panel of that C10 wasn't a "Pancake", but a section job. To " Pancake " a hood is to weld up all of the seams to the fenders and cut a new hood opening in the middle of the hood panel (Usually much smaller than the original), and weld in a new flange all around the pancaked hood panel to close into. An oem example of a "pancaked" hood would be that used on the '61-'69 Lincoln Contentials & Chrysler Imperials from '63-'66. Are you asking about doing a pancake or section job to the hood panel of your '41 Ford PU? " Spending a nation into generational debt is not an act of comp***ion"
According to your definition above I am asking about sectioning it. The fenders are as low as they can go and the cab running boards and bed etc. are all channelled down over the frame. Changing those are not an option and it looks great. The hood needs to be sectioned to get it down to meet the tops of the fenders and flow with the lines of the cab. There are some complex curves that would need to be sectioned in my opinion, and I a haven't seen a good tech article on something like that. The 67-69 truck sectioning provided above is pretty flat and rather simple in my mind but a 39-41 hood is far from flat. There is a body line that needs to be followed from the hood through to the cab and should provide a straight line along with the hood top, with that said then the sectioning has to ocurr below the body line where the hood has a concave curve both verticaly and horizantly.
Hey, In looking over the picture of the '41 Ford Pick up I have in front of me, I'd say that you'll need to section not only the hood panel, but the cowl & cab! Just sectioning the hood panel, will leave ya with quite a step up to the cowl, not a great look! A pie section, taken from the hood panel, won't produce the look you're after, as well. It looks as if a section in the neighborhood of 8''-10'' would be required to bring the hood panel level with the fender tops. That's alot of area to remove from a panel or cab, but you could split the section and step cut some areas to off-set removal to flatter areas of the cowl and cab. The hood wouldn't be as big a challange, with the lower flange remaining un changed, and the upper area brought down with some slit cuts and some metalshaping necessary. The doors would require that they be sectioned through the center areas of the door shell, but the outer door skins, could be trimmed from the bottom up, and thus avoiding welding through the middle of the door skins' middle area. The back of the cab could be sectioned through the area below the belt line, or from the lower area of the cab, up from the floor area, again 8''-10''. I'm guessin' on this last comment, given I can't remember how much taper there is in a '41 cab in this area. When you lay out the cuts through the firewall area, look for the flattest areas possible for your cuts, with, again, step cuts possible/necessary to drop this section down with the balance of the cab. 'sounds like a great project! " Do not reach greedily for the Kool-Aid"
Don't want or need to section the cab or anything else except for the hood. The Cab and fenders are channeled over the frame but the channeling brought the fenders and grill a little higher in proportion to the cab so the hood sets at an angle with the nose high. The easiest fix is to section the hood to make it fit the cab and fenders at there new hieght and angle. I am really looking for some pictures and some tech of sectioning a hood that has the complex curves of something like a 40-41 Ford hood
My buddy did it and took a pie shape section out, he did have to abreviate the body lines on the hood sides though. http://www.rodandpiston.com/pictures.asp?id=show/centralterminal09b&pic_count=61#top
My son and I sectioned a '40 Merc and here are a couple pics of the hood. Your pickup hood should present about the same problems. We took 3 vertical inches from the hood to make the hood line and cowl line look right. We ended up with an "underbite" at the front of the hood, but that was fixed with a few slices and some welding. Good luck. Russ V.
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