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1971 Chevy C10 Pancake Hood Modification - Project Get Shorty

Part 16: Pancaked With No Eggs
By Dakota Wentz
1971 Chevy C10 Pancake Hood Modification Front View
1971 Chevy C10 Pancake Hood Modification Warped Engine Hood
I began by making my mark... 
   
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1971 Chevy C10 Pancake Hood Modification Warped Engine Hood
I began by making my mark with tape 1 inch below the hood skin. (When pancaking a hood you want to make absolutely sure you're keeping heat away from the hood skin atop. Warping the top of your hood can lead to disaster real quick!) I began making my initial layout with a gap of 1 1/2 inches at the front of the hood. I started at the 0-inch mark in the rear.
1971 Chevy C10 Pancake Hood Modification Front Hood Gap
After stepping back and looking... 
   
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1971 Chevy C10 Pancake Hood Modification Front Hood Gap
After stepping back and looking at the markings, I shrunk my gap to 1 1/4 inches. I made sure the gap across the front of the hood, and just into the corners of the hood, remained at 1 1/4 inches. From there I tapered back to a 0 at the rear of the hood again.
1971 Chevy C10 Pancake Hood Modification Performance Look
Here you can see the vision... 
   
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1971 Chevy C10 Pancake Hood Modification Performance Look
Here you can see the vision in my head. Notice how the gap at the front of the hood is more than the rear. This rake will give me the new streamlined look I'm after.
1971 Chevy C10 Pancake Hood Modification Cutoff Wheel
The first cut is along the... 
   
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1971 Chevy C10 Pancake Hood Modification Cutoff Wheel
The first cut is along the bottom of the top tape. By the way, I used a 4 1/2-inch cutoff wheel.
1971 Chevy C10 Pancake Hood Modification Hood Removal
Next, I cut along the top... 
   
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1971 Chevy C10 Pancake Hood Modification Hood Removal
Next, I cut along the top of the bottom tape and removed the sliver of metal from the perimeter of the hood. At this point I had removed all that was needed to pancake the hood.
1971 Chevy C10 Pancake Hood Modification Hood Skin Removal
The hood skin was then re... 
   
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1971 Chevy C10 Pancake Hood Modification Hood Skin Removal
The hood skin was then removed.

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