dprinter1

Can anyone tell me where this hood came from? I absolutely love the look of this car.

Bloodzone

Ecklers stinger hood maybe.

The13Bats

Give the man a cigar, ecklers stinger for c3 they only make it as a long hood for 73 up

dprinter1

Yup.......Stinger hood, 1977 - 1982. Too bad they don't make it for a 71, that would look so cool on a chrome bumper stingray.

The13Bats

A 67 427 scoop fits nice over the stinger on a 68-72 small block hood

Rescue Rogers

thats the hood I would use if I change to tri power small block or IDF 44s

gbvette62

I think American Sports Car Design, was the first to make them. They were originally in Marysville TN, but they're now located in Florida.

Fiber Concepts in Warminster PA might make them too. I know they make "stinger" hoods for 97 up Corvettes, and I think they have them for other years, as well as other Chevrolets.

blue by you

here is one for 68to 72 short hood that is close

listed on CL in central NJ

gbvette62

That's a reproduction of the Baldwin-Motion 68-72 hood, done by a Forum member (Parkerracing I think).

The Motion hoods added a 67 stinger scoop, to a big block/LT-1 hood.

bashcraft

Yes it will.

The13Bats

Parkers phase hood from what i understand comes from the legedary fiberglass molds who made it for motion, it comes with a legedary price,lol,

The version of the phase hood stinger sells isnt motion correct, the rear of the 427 scoop does flow back on top its cut off, with a cut price,

To me the phase hood looks like a wild custom hood, not so much hp or power, people did that design of stacking those scoops before motion made it famous,

The 68 427 scoop on a 68-72 sb hood, to me has a classic could be factory look of hp and power, not as in your face as the L88 scoop, but very refined and good looking on these cars, yet is hinting something lies beneath.

bb62

It looks like a car that doesn't know what it wants to be. C3 or C2 wannnabe.

FINWOLF

I know the feeling

dprinter1

Care to share the details? Who, what , when, where, how and....wait for it................



How much?

gbvette62

Legendary in Pennsylvania? That's interesting.

I know that Fiber Concepts in PA, acquired all of their Mustang, Camaro, Chevelle, etc, molds for custom hoods and spoilers, but I thought most of the Corvette molds were missing.

I knew some of their Corvette hood molds were found, but from what I was told, none of their molds for Corvette body panels, have ever turned up.

Without a doubt, Legendary made some of the best fiberglass available. It was a shame to see them go. I liked Larry and knew him well, I dealt with him often. It was a real loss to the hobby, when they closed. Larry had a lot of health issues, after the business closed.

The13Bats

I have no idea who has and is using the phase molds now that parker sells hoods from, i have been told for 35 plus years legendary made a lot of motions glass, i have seen some nice motion parts and some horrible resin rich junk adding in reviews like yours and that lead me to also believe for over 35 years motion didnt use only one out source for glass,

a mold doesnt matter that much,
People and companies ripped molds from parts,
molds were pulled from my motion mako stuff but the parts made from said molds are not really motion any more so than the hood parker is selling, its at best a parker phase hood, a clone a copy, not made by or sold by motion


Edit:
I have been under the impression legedary made the first phase hood and mold for motion, if that is not the case i will look at evidence that says otherwise.

Motion had a lot of other corvette stuff and that would call for molds, the spider wide body the super shark wide body, flares spoilers air damns, perhaps it is all lost in some warehouse

blue by you

that hood is pricey

outlawkinser

The car shown in the beginning belongs/belonged to curtis74. The hood in question was purchased from Vanacor. Curtis had to do alot of alterations to make the hood fit. He posted alot of photos back in 2009 or 2010 when he made the changes. This video was made to show the changeover.


Mike

dprinter1

Thanks for posting the video. I actually have the pic that I uploaded as wallpaper on my computer. The purists are no doubt melting down over it, but I like it

The13Bats

Vanacors,
Hum, i knew they did rip ecklers on that but didnt know they sold any before all the drama and going defunct,

I only heard feedback from a few using Ecklers stinger hood and all said it fit well,

Some People think a c3 hood can be swapped around and will always fit well, this is not the case even swapping stock hoods what fits your car super might fit mine crappy...