How to Remove Hood Pins for Good! 1968 Firebird
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- Hood pins were a popular modification for many cars, sometimes it time to say good bye to them, permanently! 1968 Firebird Restoration and the owner decided the hood pins were a thing of the past and wanted to return the hood back to factory. How do you go about it? Watch the Step by step on the process to make it happen we shed some light and offer up some tips to get the job done. This is one step of a multipart series of getting body work done to a Firebird and get it ready for paint. Want to know more or see how it's done don't forget to subscribe and stay tuned!
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looking good Jon. Close to color!
Yes very. The paint is the last big milestone to me. After that it’s just a bunch of little things.
Great job brother the trick to welding metal is too keep it nice and cool
Yes it is!
Very good job John!! You will have it knocked out in no time! 👍🏽
Thanks. Hopeful to have it ready for paint here very soon
I hate those silly hood pins. Great job as always.
I myself also not any fan at all.
I wanna see body work on the Bird!!!!
Me too. Maybe you should come over and show me how 😁
@@VinylVillageGarage lol 😆 😂 🤣 😅 😄
Hi Jon. The old pumpkin is looking great. One thing I have not seen covered real well is using seam sealer on the external joints around the tail panel and at the Quarter to Rocker joint. I have heard a lot of talk about doing it but have not seen it done and exactly at what point you do it. Internal or hidden joints are also important but less critical. Just a thought for a future segment as it is a technique that seems to be a bit under served. I am also very interested in the aftermarket bumper fitment. Thank you for your efforts.
Well I will be doing the tail panel, deck filler, bottom of the 1/4 panels and door jamb sections here very soon I will definitely add that for the to do list. Thanks for the video idea
Thats some great work. That hood is looking great and I cant wait to see some color on that bird.
I just dropped thru hood off last week as they told me 2-3 week back log. Silly enough I already got it back in under a week. Came back great.
Something I learned today on VVG, circles have corners! LOL! Great job on the hood pin repair! 5:16
Indeed they do!! Lol
Excellent video thanks
Anytime!!
Great job , great video
I wish this was my full time job and still had fun doing it
@@VinylVillageGarage I wish it was too because I would definitely be a customer for sure , let me know immediately if it ever is , I got two I could use help on. I have a 67 conv 400 4 speed almost no rust , and the rusty 68 I’m learning on.
@@davidbisnette7673 no worries i still have you on my list of things to do, still looking to spend like a 3 day visit there soon.
@@VinylVillageGarage Sounds like fun to me , just let me know when ready
Saved that one 😊
Yup and it’s good practice for if I have to save a rare hood.
@@VinylVillageGarage yes absolutely
Looking good. I am also wondering about what front bumper fits the best. Can’t afford a flawless original, but have heard some aftermarket ones need a lot of work to get them to fit right. Please share when you find out. 👍
That ls the plan. I am hopeful it fits good because if doesn’t I don’t really have a good solution. My original bumper is bent up bad.
If you continue through with the unibit it'll be 7/8" and fit half inch knock out slugs from a Nema 1 electrical breaker panel for indoor use. These slugs are the ones that resembled a quarter to washing machines in the late 60's up until around laundromats of 1973 coinage protection protocol... after the removal of the powder coating nowadays.
Lol. You know i see those all the time and and still fall for it thinking it’s a quarter. Great idea
A slug of copper underneath can really help with filling in.
Yes and it does.
First, great video! Second, so do you try to fill the little imperfections with the weld with plastic filler or did to go back and touch up the welds? I would like to see/hear your explanation. I am always concerned with leaving them and having them show up later in the paint.
Very good question. And the answer is I sometimes weld in the imperfections other times I use the all metal body filler. Really depends on how I feel that day, if I fear it warp possibly, if I am out of all metal, or low on shielding gas or even worse out of orange Mountain Dew. Welding it solid might be the best answer for those that are very very good with working metal back to almost perfect. I am not there yet and may never be so I typically have to use a little filler over my repairs anyway and that is why I use all metal over my welds and I have not had any issues.
@@VinylVillageGarage There's an Orange Mountain Dew? I've been relying on Sumol, a sparkling orange soda pop drink from Portugal that's a good one. Portuguese wife so... all will be settled to the bottom over time.
This pins were located unusually far in. They won't be missed like on an MGB after a bonnet surprise .
I think if you hold that little patch in place with a magnet it causes the arc to do weird stuff. Maybe? I think? 🤔
Yes the arc goes crazy, I tried and failed many times
Yup
I wish you were my neighbor…
I wish you where my neighbor! Most of my neighbors are ok but they could care less about Firebirds or any old cars.