So doing it that way your actually making u channel fiberglass suports, never thought of that, good idea.

Out there looking at it again, I'm thinking about doing away with the zdus fasteners and running 4 pins in the corners. I was thinking about forming some aluminum angle stock to the contour of the fender tops and mounting them on the inside of the fenders and along the top of the back cowl area making a ledge on 3 sides for the hood to sit on to keep the shape. Then adding a 2 or 3 inch strip of flat aluminum stock along the underside in line with the pin mounting locations. Basically have a long strip on each side of the hood fiberglassed in, down the entire length of the hood on the sides so that the front and rear pins would both go through the same strip of aluminum for added strength.

Starting to think that the zdus fasteners may be a real pain for a street car.

Dont know if I explained it very good, but get the idea? Any thoughts?

Butch