The fiberglass definitely adds some strength to the panel. I couldn’t get the perfect contour on the curved part, but I think that’s just a result of how bad my panel was. It was literally crumbing into tiny pieces.
Cool.
It’s not perfect. But Logan and I just got the headlights to go up by replacing the old vacuum solenoid valve with a $17 one from summit racing (made for a Chevy wiper actuator). We still need to figure out how to get the lids to come down (a second vacuum solenoid valve?) but feeling pretty accomplished right now
I too used fiberglass, but first rough sanded, then wiped down with acetone “melting”!the surface. Two part resin and fiberglass worked well.
NOW, what adhesive do I use to reattach the vinyl overlay — Sprayway 92???
First day of Summer!
So Logan and I finally put in the new radiator!
Literally NOTHING went according to plan… but we made it work. We persevered.
Feeling very accomplished right now.
Which part of it gave you trouble? When I switched mine from the 20" to 24" my stock fan no longer cleared the lower radiator hose. It was a PITA.
Well. The Radiator kit I wanted to get from WCCC, they didn’t have all the parts. So I ordered the fan and fan clutch from Summit Racing.
Unfortunately, the parts weren’t even able to fit to each other. So we nixed the fan altogether and just kept the existing one.
Then, the hoses we bought (the classic FOMOCO looking ones) were too short.
The bracket holes on the frame were too close together. So they didn’t fit with the 24 inch radiator. So we had to pry them open a bit.
The top bracket doesn’t seem to be a perfect fit.
And so on and so forth.
Still. I’m quite happy with what we purchased from WCCC. It’s just that this old 67 Cougar didn’t really play nice. But we got it in within 2 hours and she’s running fine.
Looks good. Not sure how the lower brackets work with these conversions. I would think they work the same as radiators for big block cars, but maybe not. So I bring that up because the radiator looks to be sitting just a bit high “cocking” the upper bracket. Maybe that’s why it don’t seem like it fits quite right. I assume the transmission cooler lines all lined up fine?
Looks like there is a slit/crack in that upper hose by the clamp. Don’t know how deep it is, but don’t think I would run that long before getting it changed out.
Otherwise, great job to you and Logan.
On a different note, going back to your broken interior panel, I tried the making glue out of Acetone and ABS plastic yesterday to repair a crack in mine. Works great. used it along with fiberglass mat, and it made a strong fix. I just had one fairly short crack though, not quite the mess you have with the duct tape 
Thanks man. I’ll take a look at that slit and see what’s going on there.
Glad to hear the acetone worked. I may call on you to walk me through that if I go back to it again.
We finally picked up the Hood Scoop last week for Esmerelda.
We were so scared to drill holes in the hood. But after some careful planning and measuring… we went for it.
It fit great and we then sanded it down and then spray painted it.
Took only a few hours and we love the look and feel of her now.
That does look good. If it were mine I would paint it body color. But that is me.
Looks really good, compliments the vinyl top. How nerve-wracking was it to start cutting the hood?
Thanks. I wanted to pick up on the black fin in back and the black vinyl top. Sorry…artist in me.
Terrifying!
Your car, your build. If we all did the same thing it would be boring. Right? At one time I built a 70 Eliminator clone. I started with a body color hood scoop. I liked it but after a few years I put a Black Scoop in it. This is the car back in about 1998. It had the Nick name of Badcatt.
Note, I have other pictures of this Cougar, but all are prints.
Awesome. What made you change to the black hoodscoop?
She looks mean with that scoop. I like it!
I just wanted to change it up some. At the time I also came up with a second hood scoop. So I could change the look in a few minutes.
Scott was it more terrifying than letting me drive Esmerelda through downtown Franklin
Looks good. So you actually cut into the hood, it’s not just an overlay.
Thank you!