Early hood on a SIV?

[Tullamore]

Will the hood from a S1-3 fit on a SIV? It has the rounded corners and I was wondering if it is the same.

 

[atallamcs]

hood

Good day,
Yes, the hood will fit. In fact even a later hood would fit, you need only to cut off the square corners.
Bill

 

[sunalp]

hoods

Yep. The only difference would be the hinges and where the prop rod connects. Series 3 is the same hood (with a hole for the hood badge)
Cheers!
Steve

 

[Tullamore]

Is it easy to tell a S3 hood from a S1-2?

 

[65beam]

hood

the earlyhoods ( 1 & 2) also had the cutout to clear the header tank.

 

[Tullamore]

This is exactly what I wanted to know, thanks everyone!

 

[Chuck Ingram]

Good day,
Yes, the hood will fit. In fact even a later hood would fit, you need only to cut off the square corners.
Bill

Don't forget you will need to weld the edges and do some grinding

 

[Tullamore]

Yep. The only difference would be the hinges and where the prop rod connects.

Do you mean the hinges are different, or that the hinges were in a different place.

 

[Wombat]

As I understand it, the bolt holes in the hinges are in the same place, but the hinges in the SI did not open as far as the later cars.

 

[JonPiz]

what about the other way round, can a later hood be used on a S2

 

[mikephillips]

Any round corner hood should fit on a series II, although depending on the car the hood prop bracket may nee to be moved and a relief for the header tank knocked into the hood framing. A later hood will also work if you make the same changes and round off the square corners to fit. You'll of course need to weld and grind or otherwise fill the cuts where you removed the square corners.