Hood Supports

Hello Everybody. I was wondering do the original flat fender hoods have any kind of supports in/on them. I'm trying my best to make my hood some what flat again and all it really wants to is do bow out again in a different place. any help would be nice. and remember to latch both of the latches that hold down the hood

 

If you are referring to the "oil can dent" that flatfender hoods tend to develop, then there is a good article about possible fixes for it on the 3B page. Just follow the link!

http://www.film.queensu.ca/cj3B/Tech/HoodProblems.html

 

On mine, it looks like the seam down the middle is all the support it has.

 

what i did to add more strength to the hood was weld a peice of angle iron to the seam in the middle. it really works great and the hood doesnt have a flimsy feel any longer. i dont have a pic now but i can post one eventually. another benifit to doing this is that you can run a cable from a hole in the angle iron and somewhere on the engine or engine compartment to make a hood stay, so when the hood is up it doesnt rest on the windsheild frame.