I've done it now!

    Well nothing bad ... I decided to put new metal in the top of the hood. I cut out an area about a foot square and put in 16 gauge steel. I wanted 18 but they did not have any. It was 16 or 22 .. 22 is too thin.

    I just got it tacked in today ,,, I had to run some errands and mow the grass! This actually worked out OK. I want to take it real slow on this panel to prevent it from warping.

    Here is some shots of of the grill I started the details on yesterday ....

Hopefully I can start making some progress again now that the hood issue should be behind me soon!