davidgio

Hi my name is Dave and I have had my 1958 vette for over 25 years. I feel the hood is the cars original hood but it does not have any louvers (Hood was originaly red as was the car) yet the underside shows lines were the lovers would have been? My question is would my vette have come from the factory without louvers? Thanks Dave

62Jeff

Welcome Dave!

It is not likely that your car came without louvers, in fact I've not heard of that before for a 58.

Can you post a picture of the underside of your hood?

davidgio

Im not to sure how but will try as the pic showes the lines clearly

62Jeff

It's possible your 58 hood was heavily modified by a previous owner to get rid of the louvers, although I'm unsure how that would happen without creating a lot of trauma to your hood.

You can get pictures into your Corvette Forum post by doing the following:
1) Go to www.tinypic.com
2) Upload your photo
3) On the page that appears, copy the text that starts with [IMG] and ends with [/IMG]
4) Paste that text into your Corvette Forum post, to link that photo.

That method works well, but your photos will drop off of TinyPic after a few months if they aren't accessed frequently.

A more permanent method is:
1) Go to www.photobucket.com
2) Create a free photobucket account
3) Create a photo album (not required, but you'll quickly find it's better to have different albums for different types of photos - such as one album for each car you are working on)
4) Upload your photos
5) Copy the text that starts with [IMG] and ends with [/IMG]
6) Paste that text into your Corvette Forum post, to link that photo.

Jeff

1snake

David,

Having owned/studied C1 Corvette's for almost 40 years, I have never heard of your situation before and it has never been reported in the past in any NCRS publication that I'm aware of. Considering your car was 25 years old when you got it, it is highly likely that it was changed/modified earlier in it's life.

Jim

jrm5657

I have never seen or heard of a 58 without the louvered hood. I have an excellent original 58 hood if you are interested in putting the correct hood on your car.

davidgio

Hi Jim. I was told that no C1 hood has lines on the undeside, I have lines that look like 11 louvers would have been. I uploaded pics of the under side and it looks stock?

davidgio

Would be. Could you send pic of hood including under side. Also looking for trunk irons. THANKS Dave. oilsandsdave@hotmail.com

62Jeff

Where did you put the photos? If you put them in "My Corvette Photos", those usually take a day or two to be "approved" before they become visible.

davidgio

Yes they are waiting approvel

62Jeff

Well, this sure looks like the underside of a 58 hood. Do those ribs have a definite ribbed effect to them, or are they smooth? If smooth, then I wonder if those marks are from something else.

Edit: If I look at Roy's excellent post in this thread
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1568419700-post5.html it appears the 58 hood in his photo has more ribs than your hood has stripes.

vintagecorvette

I sent you a PM inregards to your hood.

oWEN

bob-vette

do you still have a 58 hood for sale? bob 8182199286

vettebuyer6369

4.5 + years since his post.

Try sending him a PM.