The hood on my project is off an Early '93, it has about a dozen stress cracks. Following the methods I learned, I ground down 'till I hit "paydirt"....I went through clearcoat, colorcoat, primer, a different color primer, spot putty, filler, a different color filler.... then I finally got to the glass. The hood was as it left the factory. Ed at Classics by Elite has the hood (and the rest of my car) now, and he is going to redo the work I did, he plans to remove a larger area around the cracked areas then I did. I used "Kitty Hair" from Evercoat to fill the areas I did, last summer when I saw the hood, my repairs still had not cracked (but the car has not moved much). I did the original repairs over three years ago. I was once told by a "person in the know" that the hood I have likely cost more that the rest of the '93 it came off... after seeing all the bodywork under the paint, I don't doubt it. My advice, have Ed fix the hood (after he is done with my and Janni's cars), or leave it alone.
One driver of the Chapter III "traditional" hood was all the problems/warranty complaints with the giant piece of glass we have come to love. If we quite worrying about the cracks, maybe the cool hood of the Gen I/II cars would not be disappearing. Nothing compares to a Gen I/II hood when it is up, and the V-10 is on display
