Cutting a hole through a very rare, expensive, OEM, NOS and NLA for decades in a 914-6 GT front hood is an unnerving experience!

You only get one chance at cutting a large hole through the hood, and prior to starting that operation, one needs to make sure the 100 liter fuel tank is well aligned in its permanent position https://pbase.com/image/166462722. This is the hood template we created to accomplish the task https://pbase.com/9146gt/image/166437708. As they say, "measure twin, cut once" and so true in this case.

Here is how we did it...