Projects Shade tree Model A speedster kind of thing

I am using fabric for everything else. I needed that cowl to be metal because I'll probably end up attaching a windshield and mirrors and whatnot, and you have to back those up behind fabric, which needs to be done before you skin it, and that takes a lot of planning, which is not my forte. I'm kind of an evolutionary designer. Haha. As far as the hood goes, I'm worried about the heat. I'm going to use Dacron, which I'll heat shrink with an iron, but I think the heat rising off of that engine would make it go slack again. I don't think the weight penalty of those two parts is going to be all that significant. I ordered the hinge from the largest river in the world.