As I spent morning and early afternoon in town, not much got done on the truck today.
I did manage to get the bonnet / hood on the nose, using two small shims to raise the hinges slightly. The reason it looks to be sitting too high in the front is because it is sitting on a roll of tape to stop it from taking paint off front edge. The bolts holding cross piece of nose panel front hit against the bonnet. I will remove each one and whittle the head thickness down to about 2/3 of currect thickness. It won't hit then!
Can someone please tell me what these holes on upper cross piece of nose panel are for? I am hoping they are to take rubber grommets for bonnet to sit against! If they are, it will assist me greatly. If not.........crap, i'll have to find some other way of keeping bonnet still so it doesn't take more paint off.
I also made a little heat/acoustic shield for under bonnet. Not greatly concerned about heat there, but the added bulk should minimise 'drumming' of the sheet-metal.
Look at all the bloody paint I lost when first testing bonnet fit last weekend. It's the same on both sides too!
Had enough time in the bank to get the bolts welded onto back of the front TAC plate holder. Last night I was playing around on the computer, and narrowed down fonts for unit signage and 'PASS' sign.
More on that in next post...