Half hood - small steps

A little work on the half hood, theres no real plan here;

First up some 40mm webbing straps that will run from the windscreen to the back panel, lift the dot fasteners rather than poppers give a rock solid fastening. At the back these straps sit under the lip of the boot cover so nothing is visible: 

I created a couple more of the 'hooks' - these clip on to the catches on the back of the windscreen and dive over the top to hold the front edge of the hood in place:

All fine so far - the basic hood structure looks fine. Once the roof panel is in place there will be extra lateral webbing too holding the sides near the wheel arch on the back. I have the central fixing point on the windscreen too - it may just have a hook assembly to stop the middle lifting under air pressure.

...and another couple of lift the dot fasteners on the windscreen pillars at the front will provide tension around the leading edge:

I have mocked up the front section of hood to practice my stiching. There is an aluminium rod running along this front edge to give it shape & the plan is the hooks above will sit in the front seam and give everything structure:

Needs some thought before I do any more - to think through:

1. Front seam assembly so I get a neat visible seam on the outside, hold the shaping aluminium bar inside the seam and provide pockets for the webbing hooks underneath.

2. Hood panels themselves, the mock up windscreen part emphasises this is a 3D rather than flat shape - I need to decide whether I'm going for a single panel or the multiple panels as per the paper model. More panels in theory will allow the correct shape, on the other hand its also more complex so will highlight poor tailoring skills.

3. Hood panel fixing to the webbing structure - sew directly or loops & velcro so it can be adjusted/tensioned independently.


This feels like the sort of job that needs doing twice - i.e. first go to get 80% of the way there, and then re-do the whole thing to get a half decent result.