My 71 GS is road ready. But when I painted it I missed several areas on the Hood, 1 slight 8" or so straight line dent on the drivers side on the flat area behind the hood scoop. And the Passanger side behind the hood scoop same area as the other side has a slight wavy {warpage}, with pitting. The rest of the Hood is great. So what I am wanting to know is what type of Body filler should I use after stripping the hood down to the metal. Being that the hood is a major focal point of the car and the hood goes through flexing due to temp change and opening and closeing. I want to use the best recomended filler after working the areas. Then Ill block it in till its right. Thanks, and your advise is well needed: Freakazoid
Those are problem areas an nearly all those hoods. If there isnt too much paint on it now, and depending on how much filling is needed, I would block it down with 180 and re prime if they block out. If it ALMOST blocks out, use a pollyester putty (Evercoat is best) to fill. If it has conciderable fill to go, Marson makes a very smooth finishing body filler you can mix with pollyester putty.
Did you paint at your house yourself?? If so, how are was it, what suggestions and help can you recommend. Jay
Paint job Yes I did , Years ago I worked in a friend paint shop for 2 or 3 weeks where I wet sanded and taped cars off till I found a new job as a mechanic. I had been laid off from a auto service center due to lack of buisness. while I was there I watched how they did the repairs and saw the only way my GS would be the way I wanted it was to do it myself. So after buying land the first thing I did was build the shop I always wanted. Then started buying the paint and body tools needed. I also read several paint and body manuals before starting my restoration. Good body work is the most important to me. It determins how good the paint lays out. The mistake I made was that I replaced a hood in bad condition with the one in the above pic. which I rushed the prep work at the last minute and if I had blocked it in I would of cought the problem areas. So dont let your friends tell you something looks great, and rush at the last minute to paint. Now ill be pulling the Hood and starting over, which could of been done right the first time.
Just be careful--at the start of the scoop "rise" (ie the area between the actual scoop opening and the windshield), where the hood goes from level to forming the rise up to the opening, there is a subtle stamping line...sort of defines the back of the scoop area. The area behind the scoop, as Darren mentioned, is usually wavy from the factory as it's a large flat area and most likely, stresses to the metal from the stamping process show up in these large flat areas. Try not to fill over that subtle back-of-the-scoop line when you are doing your work. On my 72, that flat area behind the P side scoop required the most priming and blocking.
