macdarren

I have a 65 driver and have been considering the 67 big block hood, however from what I can tell the later years had the hood prop on the driver side while mine is on the passenger side. Can the support be moved on the fender. (take out the brace or get a replacement and just move it to the driver side add the mounting holes.) Will that be all there is to it? I doesn't look like you can do much to the hood to make the later hood fit with my passenger side prop.

Also is there any particular value to an original 65 small block hood as compared with say a press molded replacement or the hand laid BB hood I am consdiering? I ask because I am considering a trade and what to now if there needs to be any balance cash or should it just go straight.

Nowhere Man

only 66-67 BB cars had the hood prop on the drivers side. IMHO if you buy a repo BB hood just move the support on the hood to the pass side.

macdarren

Can you do that? it looked to me on the hoods like the prop mount was cast into the hood? I was not too sure about cutting the hood to relocate things but if it is not a big deal that might be better than moving parts on the car to relocate the prop.

Thanks

Nowhere Man

yes you can. and many people have done it. all you need to do is i belive is. remove the rivets that hold on the bracket on the hood. then glass that side back to gether. then on the pass side is put the bracket in the correct location rivet it in place then finsih all the glass work. I never done it before. but I know I seen it has been talked about on this forum before. just do a search.

Tod

I recently bought a 67' stinger hood. Same problem as you have...hood support currently on pass. side. So I made an aluminum block, drilled and tapped a few holes and mounted it on the pass. side of my aftermarket hood. Now I can leave the hood support right where it is and bolt it up to my new hood. No fiberglass work involved. I would not be comfortable relocating my hood support, even if it could be done.

I am having the hood painted next week. It should work great! I'll post some pics once it's mounted on the car. Also, try doing a forum search and you may find the pictures I posted of the entire process (dial-up beware) about two weeks ago.

Tod

toddalin

Easiest way is probably the way I put the '67 BB hood on my '64.

I took a piece of 1/4" thick steel bar stock and cut a strip. I drilled and tapped the two holes into it to hold the hood prop. I cut a slit along the inner edge of the hood to slip the bar in place. I lined up the hood with the prop bolts and drilled those out. I put epoxy resin on the bar stock, slipped it in place, attached the hood prop and pulled it all tight to dry. When the car is painted next month, they'll seal up the slot along the inner edge.

Marks69BB

IMO, you should also keep your stock hood and make the new hood fit your car as is. Then, if you ever have to sell the car, it will be better to have the stock hood to go with the car in case they want to go back to stock.

Johns_65Vette

Man we SoCal C2 owners need to get together

Darren, Todd, me, Seaside63? Who else?

toddalin

So where were you when I hosted the Lars Tuning 4 Beer at my house???

Johns_65Vette

UH...UH...UH.... Was it B4 I owned a Vette? If it was a Saturday, I was probably working

66427-450

yup...... except the early 66 427 cars used 65 hoods, so they have the support on the pass side (like all 396 cars )

Paul L

Many repro hoods have the brackets on both sides.

jammovette

also have 66 factory equipped 427-450hp. serial #404, made Sept. 1965, hood support on pass. side, was told the very early big block hoods on 66 vettes were actually left-over 65's. Also was told some 66 small block cars were equipped with big block hoods as there was a shortage of small block hoods due to labor strike in manufacturing. Not so shure about that story... belive this happened on late 66 production year cars. Any input?

Glenn"Mr.Blue"Smith

ANYTHING is possible, especially with the poor documentation back then, but a forum discussion quite a while back said that was an old wives tale, & not true. Glenn

Paul L

That came from an argument for several days in early 1967. No one has any proof.

Rons65

I know that many of the factory A/C small blocks have the hood support on the driver's side - I know my 66 does and I have read in many articles this is correct - unsure of other years.

66427-450

yes, and interfenders as well it seems.

my 66 was made in October 65, it has the right hand support, and evidence of the removal of the overflow tank bracket on the right interfender (all 65's had the tank, 327 and 396). a guy a few years back did a pretty good study of the early L-72 vettes (marked 450HP). i have it hard copy, but don't have a web address for it. it's about 15 pages or so, very interesting. i could fax it to you some time if you like.

macdarren

Well I made the trade, I would have bought it outright but the owner (also in SCA) wanted a trade and well when I want something different or the next guy wants a restoration (after I am gone) then we'll cross that bridge....and I will use Todd's bar stock system to mount the BB. I will probably do 1/2 or 3/4 inch AL since that is what I have but same idea, just be carefull not to strip it.

A SCA get together might be fun, but I am pretty swamped with work and getting this beast back on the road....I want it running and maybe even painted by the end of July and all I have now is a shell and parts all over the garage and in the house. I want the car Done Done by Route 66 in sept but a get together then and there might be cool if any of you are planning on attending.

Darren

Johns_65Vette

I'm swamped at work too. Major projects going on through Sept. Has me working weekends.

The Route66 show has crossed my mind several times. Are you going to show the Vette there, if/when you get it together?

ffas23

Most after market 67' Big Block hoods have provisions on both sides for the hood prop. If buying an aftermarket big block hood I recommend you purchasing a press molded one made just like the factory hood. You may not be happy with a cheaper hand laid fiberglass one.