flip front clip

i was wondering if any one out the knows how to build a flip front clip
any info would be helpful

 

For what?
Do you want the entire fender to tilt (hard), or do you want to split the fender (easy)?

 

hood and fenders

 

the whole fender

 

If you want to break the fender away from the door, you will have to have a slider of some sort. Otherwise the fender tips will jam against the front of the doors. I built a custom roller setup on my 51. Everything tilts: hood, fenders, and bumper. The further forward you put the hinges, the less "drop" you will get when you tilt the thing up. I'll put up a pic of the setup when I get home tomorrow.

 

thanks

 

Wow, no way to upload my pictures (they're on an external drive that I can't find). I'll see if my kid has it when he gets home.

THis is kinda disturbing....

 

ok sounds good

 

heres mine.

i made hinges that pull out 4in. then tilt. welded my hood and fenders together too


heres a video if it works of it tilting.

http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/...on/?action=view&current=tilt-hoodopening.mp4&

 

so is your front end off the ground because i got 2 inch drop spindels on mine

 

I know you didn't ask this specifically, but I'd recommend that you consider keeping the hood functional. I did and it is very nice IMHO.

As for whether or not to cut the fender bottom - there is more than one way to address that - easy to cut it - I did on mine, but I had a body line that hides it so well it wasn't worth the effort to try and avoid it - plus it's that much more clearance for your head (I'm tall and think about these things).

A fellow hamber made his fenders roll out so he didn't have to trim them nor mess with the sliding mechanism. Drawing a blank on his name, but he posts alot so it should be easy to find. I thought his approach was quite ingenious.

The slide is definitely a neat way to go - but I'd want to check out a couple in person to see how well they work before I invested a bunch of time on one to find out that after I weighted it down that it was a PITA to operate.

Did I mention to keep the hood functional?? ;-)


Edit: here's some pics I posted a while back. In the last pic you can see the factory hood latches I attached to the firewall. To close the front end you simply pivot it back in place - it goes click click - you're done - close the hood as normal - 1 man operation - no external pins to fiddle with and or loose, remember etc.

 

Each rig you do a tilt nose on is different though. And there are a hundred different ways of doing them. You would have to have a custom subframe on that Chevy twice to put a tilt nose on it.

 

My way, 51' Ford..Pivot, cut fenders..They roll under so much at rocker area that buy the time they would clear the firewall they would hit the front tires so cutting was my choice..

 

That's a clean looking setup.

 

Thank you..It has held up [and holding] extremely well, since aug of 76'..34 years, who da thought.....

 

I agree w/ maintaining the functionl hood....I did this back in High school in 1986.....I never seen or studied what anyone else did back them...I just built my best idea......I was able to flip open my entire front end and close it by myself w/ no help.............Littleman

 

http://allwayshotrods.com/fgallery/5

did this one a couple years ago, it opens and closes with one person, and is nice and stable so that it can be left open at a show with no worries.

 

I have hatchback shocks and lanyards to keep it off the ground. I also have keyed hood locks to lock it, and going to make slides to keep the lower fenders from flopping. Its still in the "making" stage but im happy with the way it works so far. the pic with the bearings is so it rollls nice and smooth. with the shocks it doesnt open fast, and i can do it myself.

 

What is the spike and socket from? Looks like what I need, thanks.-MIKE

 

hemirambeler how you keep it shut when the whole units down

 

hemi rambler i like your car very nice cool idea useing the hood lock mechanisms

 

If you do a search, this topic has been disscussed several times in the past. Here is a link to one of the threads where I posted a picture and some comments.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=470238&highlight=tilt+wz+junk

John

 

63wickedduce, It's a bit hard to see but if you look at the third pic on each side of the firewall you will see hood latches. I made a frame work of tubing that supports the fenders -next I made some square "U" bolts that bolt thru the tubing and mate with the hood latches on the firewall. So to close the whole thing you simply grab the front of the hood (it's actually easier when it's open - more leverage) and let the front end pivot back - the latches automatically grab just like closing your hood. The only differnce is the safety catch - I did away with those as it'd make opening it a huge pain. To open it - you simply pop the hood - reach in and 'trip' each hood latch and then pull everything toward you - works with pretty low effort.

 

I made mine roll forward then pivot up I used garage door wheels. made a trackout of 1/2x1/2angle. I used 2x1/8 flat stock to guide it in place on top and two more on the lower fenders. It locks in place with a trunk latch mounted under the grill.It is a one man operation to open and close.

 

I made the pins and bushings here on the lathe. The pins were made from long bolts with the heads cut off, then tapered. the bushings were made from some teflon we had.

 

My friend Mike Chesser in Lawrenceville GA has made a flip front hood kit for years. It incorporates the BMW hinge ***embly and uses the stock hood latch that comes on the F100 pickup. Here is an article with me as the model installing the kit on my old '56:

http://www.chesserbuilt.com/ttnj.html