Hermn59

Hello, the fiberglass where my hood support is mounted to the fender is cracked, and it flexes just with the weight of the hood. I am looking for advice on repairing this area before it becomes a bigger problem. Anyone dealt with this before?

hedgehead

After you make repairs, you may want to install this:
http://www.parts123.com/corvettecent...50e&ukey=43579

csherman

what year?

Hermn59

This is for a 1959.

csherman

the brace will work, but is not "correct" - if you dont care about correct......
The other thing you could do after repairs is cut a rectangle of fiberglass and bond to the underside to try and give that area strength - then use longer bolts for the hood prop

Hermn59

The brace states 1960-1962, so will it work on the 59?

Steve59

Yes, I have one on my 59.

jimh_1962

sure will work on 58-1962

HilltopClassicCars

My wife's 1960 didn't have this brace or anything else in its place and I couldn't believe how far the edge of the fender bowed down when the hood was up (this is when we went to purchase the car). I was surprised it hadn't already broken the fender and immediately asked the seller if we could close the hood and then the first thing I did when we got the car home was duplicate the brace shown in the link above out of some 3/32" sheet steel. What a difference that brace makes!

jimh_1962

I installed the same brace. It really does help.

sebc

Hi, do you have the actually part number for the pictured brace/bracket. Link attached doesn't work for me and I can't seem to locate part on CC?

CANDA

60-62 Hood Support Reinforcement
SKU 461115
$35.00

jackham

Are there any clear instructions on how to mount the brace and where? Could any of you that have put one on the left hand side provide some pictures? I can't seem to find anything but the one picture here and it doesn't really resemble the one I got from the parts supplier. Thanks for any help.