6.0.2 Hood
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6.0.2 Hood
GPW hoods use a three piece rear stiffener, spot welded to the hood sheet metal. The hood is wired along the front edge. Ridges from the wiring machine should be clearly visible.
GPWs did not have “air baffles” installed on the leading edge of the hood as were used on early MBs. GPW hoods did however retain the stamped “dimples” where the baffle mounting screws would have gone, and these should be visible.
See the “Radio Suppression” section for information on hood grounding.
Hold downs : Hood clamps and windshield hold-down clamps are to be painted O.D. The attaching hardware should be hex bolts ( f head for pre-1944 vehicles), painted O.D. on the exterior of the vehicle and either painted or left bare on the underside of the hood.
Hood blocks: From start of production thru July 1942, green rubber hood blocks were used. By late July production had switched entirely to wood/fabric hood blocks.
A lube chart holder was added to the underside of the hood around November or early December 1943.
Grease gun: The grease gun bracket, located on the left underside of the hood was incorporated around March or April 1944. The only correct grease guns for this bracket were Alemite 6593 or Lincoln 1078. The early grease gun (in tool bag 41-B-15) was an Alemite 5585.
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