"New" straight hood

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"New" straight hood

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Thanks to help from Derf, TC is sporting a straight, white hood from an '88 in the junkyard.

The original was destroyed in an off-road accident on Slaughterhouse Gulch loop trail when a guy jumped out of his lifted Tacoma and it rolled back and onto TC's hood. That was around 10 years ago.

At the time, Fsjguy gave me a hood that served well but was badly smooshed so that the sheet metal flopped up and down going over bumps. And the hood ornament eventually broke off.

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I know it isn't much and the rest of my rig has gotten pretty ugly, faded and rusty over the years, but I have to say, looking out over a nice straight hood sure puts a grin on my face. It's the little things...

Also we got it adjusted nicely, opening and closing to perfection. It is a thing of beauty. :D

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Nice! Looks good and I'm happy to see a hood ornament on it!
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Look better than the other one. Good pick.
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I have to admit, I helped because I'm going to have to put my hood back on once the engine is in and I wanted someone else's to experiment on before I did it to mine. :P
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Looks great!
Glad it worked out (and didn't get crushed!)

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Isnt it great when u fix something that has been bugging u for a long while? Its like Christmas
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Totally. Today I fixed up the rear tailgate... and discovered the reason the dash switch was inoperative for the last, I dunno, 10 years? It was just unplugged!
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shimniok wrote:Totally. Today I fixed up the rear tailgate... and discovered the reason the dash switch was inoperative for the last, I dunno, 10 years? It was just unplugged!
LOL! Wait, that sounds like me.
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