hood shelves

[Doug Black]

Are the repop hood shelves any good? Should I try finding originals for my tudor or go with new ones?

[brito36]

Look for originals. Reproduction shelves require modifications to fit. You can spend a few hours restoring originals knowing that they will fit, instead of spending money and having to make modifications and cuts. Keep in mind you need to look for a matched set as there are four different ones used in 1928-29.

[ericr]

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Originally Posted by Doug Black

Are the repop hood shelves any good? Should I try finding originals for my tudor or go with new ones?

looking for originals is sound advice, if you can find them, have the time and ability to restore them, etc. I bought an original set off of E-Bay and not until they arrived did I find that one was full of rust pinholes and dents....these parts apparently took a beating somehow. I merely used them as a model to alter the repros.

if you do decide to go with repros, they appear to me to be made from a '28 design, or in any event you will have to trim the front edges of surplus metal, which I did with a Dremel cut-off wheel. Originals had practically no lip on the front edges for several inches.