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Now, that is a good idea, FOD. I'm picturing cutting it just a bit to the left of center, leaving the factory hold-downs intact.I'm also considering splitting the hood in half and using clips...
Then making tabs for the left (and probably most often removed) part that would go underneath the right half.
With the center portions secured that way, either a tab at the bottom corner (as I had originally planned on) and a Jeep-style latch, or no tab and two latches.
I'd have to look at the inside of a steel hood, but in case it would become too flimsy after cutting it in half, a "fin" along the edge of the cut would stabilize it.
If there's little or no room inside, that fin could go on the outside and also serve as the base for joining the two halves. With a fin on each half, of course.
Dang it, FOD, halving the hood is such an intriguing idea and I won't have time to try it for quite a while.
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