Ed's Wrench

How about dressing up the frame of the backup cam to show some school spirit? “PENN STATE” across the bottom? Disguise the camera with the Nittany Lion logo? I know... this is encouraging you parents...

Wow, that's ugly. Hopefully this Jeep Wrangler Rubicon is on someone else's list of Project Cars, and not YOURS.

We're in Vermont. -11F was Sunday morning. Warmer this morning at -8F. Not too bad, as long as it's not windy.

Do you still need the measurement? If you do, I'll go out and measure ours when it warms up a bit. Started day -11F but getting warmer.

Thank you, DJ194859. That's a good point that you make about catching the water if sealed from under the hood. I'm leaning toward sealing from the top, hiding it with the trim. I can't think of any problems with doing that, but maybe someone else has a different perspective? Like your car, ours gets water pooling around the spark plugs too, if left out in the rain. First P15... our P15 came without the hood brace too. Has installing one make that much of a difference? The $120 price has us waiting to see how it goes... or maybe try to fabricate one ourselves.

Do you have a picture of this welt installed? How is it secured to the cowl? Is it a specific quality/thickness, or could I cut a strip of heavy canvas, secure it, and then oil it? Also, on the topic of "hood"... for our '48 Special Deluxe, we need to make the center seam of the hood water tight. The Service Manual says "Apply Heavy Sealing Putty to the underside of the hood around the chrome strip clip openings.", but not sure where they mean. It would be simplest to apply a bead along the top side and hide it with the chrome, but would that cause any issues? Here are pictures of the underside of our hood, and also the top view with the chrome strip removed.