Hi Gang, I plan on converting my front clip to a one piece tilt front to complete my gasser. Has anyone done this and have some pointers to share? Pictures would be great. My fenders are already fiberglass. I haven't decided if I will use those and bond a glass hood to them, get all steel fenders and hood and weld it together, or look for a one piece glass front. Thanks!
Lorne (LAUDY57) up in B.C.,Canada bought one a few years ago with a tilt front end. Search his posts and you'll probably find pics. I can't remember if Donnie's gasser has a tilt front end or not.
Jeremy Pearson, 57 Gasser "Boneshaker", has one on his. You could contact him through Facebook or search on here, Jeff Norwell did his T-shirts.
Jeremy is an Awesome guy
I've seen some pictures of the Boneshaker car. That car is badass. Lorne's car is awesome too! It looks like he as a hydrualic tilt front. I don't think I will get that elaborate though. Know of any others?
Dixons 57 Gasser has one,lemme see if I can find some shots.
No shots of the hood open,but i believe it runs a simple hinge and pivot system
The beauty of doing on a gasser style car is that with the increased frontal ground clearance, you can get the tilt front pivot points low enough so the it will tilt without the back lower corners of the front guards swinging up across the front doors (looking at the arc from the pivot point to the guard corners). On a street car at normal ride height it's near impossible to do, so the bottoms of the guards need to be cut off and fixed to the car, or a complicated slide then swing system need to be engineered.