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Project "YANKEE EXPRESS"

I have an issue with the hood though. I sliced away the first 8 inches of the stock hood and made it into a stationary front section and the rest of the hood to tilt open to the front.
I need hinges to tilt this heavy thing forward while missing the rear lip of the front section, think 69 Camaro, and I cant figure out whether I need to go up first and then tilt or straight tilt.

Ghostrider, So far almost everyone is suggesting doing it the hard way. While none of them are wrong there is a far far easier way to do this. You want the front of the hood to open upward first Then you want the hood to come forward cantilever style over the front header panel that you have. The solution is 80's Buick, Pontiac, Olds hinges. They are forward tilt and cheap to find in a scrap yard. You can fabricate what you need to make them work in length or offset for you and most of the parts are already made and on the B, P, O cars. You can also use older 5 series BMW hinges They are much more compact but harder to find nowadays. They work the same way. I have a set of modified 5 series BMW hinges on my 56 F-100 and they are slick. Here is a YouTube video of how they work on a F-100. It should give you a starting point and a direction to head... Good luck and PM me if you have questions or need help with this.