Time to start figuring out this whole flip nose frontend deal in all steel...

What a monster PITA...

So it needs to slide forward 4 1/4" to allow for the fenders to not hit the doors while rotating up...

This means the hood would have to have the hole for the carbs cut back 4' farther than normally needed...

That's a deal breaker as that is removing all of the back of the hood behind the carbs...

When it is closed the whole top of the cowl would be visible...

Using some 3/4" tubing (steering shaft) that has a 1/2" inside hole and some 1/2" round stock I came up with this deal...

It allows the fenders to close and have an area to land on and then slides the fenders back into place so they fit as good as I could get them to fit...

The bottoms also need something to secure them so round bar was added there and a hole drilled into the end of the rockers...

I started with the drivers side and got all the bugs worked out before moving to the passenger side...