Cheap L88 hood
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Melting Slicks
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Cheap L88 hood
Found this hood on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-1...71634075QQrdZ1
It weighs 8 pounds but can not use the latches and hinges. It must use hood pins. Here are some pics they sent me.
Does anyone know whats on the underside of the hood? The price looks great at $143, but the dang shipping kills! $20 for crate charges and $93 for shipping! I wonder if they would ship it with greyhound
Think this hood wil be strong enough for high speeds, or do you think it will fold up on itself?
It weighs 8 pounds but can not use the latches and hinges. It must use hood pins. Here are some pics they sent me.
Does anyone know whats on the underside of the hood? The price looks great at $143, but the dang shipping kills! $20 for crate charges and $93 for shipping! I wonder if they would ship it with greyhound
Think this hood wil be strong enough for high speeds, or do you think it will fold up on itself?
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Melting Slicks
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are you using the normal hood pins, or the pins that are locks. I would hate to have to drive around with 4 pins holding my hood on, where anyone in the world can just pop them off and yank the hood off.
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That reinforcing bead is probably PVC pipe sections that were glassed over. We used to do the same thing for UPS truck hoods when I was doing glass layup for OEMS.
Looks like a pretty nice hood for racing or general lightweight use. You wouldn't want to drop it...
Looks like a pretty nice hood for racing or general lightweight use. You wouldn't want to drop it...
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Melting Slicks
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I wieght my original hood and it is 30 pounds. This seems like a good place to lose a few pounds and get a cheap good looking hood at the same time 
I just wish shipping wasnt so much.
I just wish shipping wasnt so much.
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are you using the normal hood pins, or the pins that are locks. I would hate to have to drive around with 4 pins holding my hood on, where anyone in the world can just pop them off and yank the hood off.
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My car isnt going to be a dedicated racer though :o
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Melting Slicks
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I was thinking about using something like these, except hopefully not as ricer, and better quality. Do you know of any?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT
lol, its funny. I used to use my 69 mustang as a daily driver for 3 years and there was no lock for the hood. Just a latch in the grill. :o The kids at school did screw around with me though, like pulling the coil wire
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT
lol, its funny. I used to use my 69 mustang as a daily driver for 3 years and there was no lock for the hood. Just a latch in the grill. :o The kids at school did screw around with me though, like pulling the coil wire
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