Rootlieb 26-7 hood sides
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fordt
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Rootlieb 26-7 hood sides
Anyone know or tried to see if Rootlieb will sell just the louvered hood sides for a 26-7 T? The sides I’ve got are so hammered up at the louvers they look pretty bad, and to try to hammer out each one individually out straight seems like a task. I’ve contacted them to no avail yet and just wondered if anyone had tried to buy sides only…
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signsup
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Re: Rootlieb 26-7 hood sides
If not, wondering if you could find a speedster builder to go in with you on a hood as they could use the top and you could use the sides.
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Allan
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Re: Rootlieb 26-7 hood sides
Rootlieb panels are the best. However, expecting their side panels to match up perfectly with the hinge line of an original may be asking just a little too much. Perhaps they know of possible difficulties, and don't want to put you out.
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Re: Rootlieb 26-7 hood sides
From what I remember there were 4 different suppliers of Model A hoods, with varying hinge location. Not the pattern, the location, so you had a 1 in 4 chance of our sides hooking up to your tops and having a good edge front and rear. I’m sure there were more suppliers in the T era. Most T people would buy a complete hood because they mostly got trashed. A people would seek out tops only because our sides used rivet heads that were .003 larger in diameter than Ford.