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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 05:54 PM
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Need to put on a L88 hood on my 69 coupe. I've checked online at Riks and ACI. Anyone else have any input into vendor for good quality hood?

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When Vanacor was still in business they had the best IMO, have GM factory molds. Ecklers is a close favorite IMO.

Word is Vanacor ill reopen in the near future.
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Originally Posted by ron69
Need to put on a L88 hood on my 69 coupe. I've checked online at Riks and ACI. Anyone else have any input into vendor for good quality hood?

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Ron,

I just bought an ACI L88 hood for my '69 coupe. We only did a quick check on the fit before I sent the car out for stripping and painting last week, but it seemed to fit pretty good right out of the box.

The only issue that I had was with the passenger side female latch. My car is an early build '69 car and the hood appears to be molded from a later hood as I had to get a '70 passenger side female latch to get it to fit.

Quality and finish of the hood looked very good.

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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 06:23 PM
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Thanks for the replies. Mine is an early '69 also. A good friend of mine does a lot of trim and fit work on vettes. Good suggestion on the 70 style latch.

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I have an Eklers on my '69 (see sig. photos). I used my stock latches an everything fit OK.
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I have an ACI door-to-door replacement on my 68. The installers/painters were a top Vette team (for about 40 years!). They told me the piece was top-notch. I would use them again. That doesn't mean other vendors are not good also; it's just my experience. Heck, ask for a discount, I did.
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an excellent question that I've been toying with asking. I'm considering the same for my 78 so I will need a long hood. does ACI make one of these as well? and whats the consensus on fit?
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an excellent question that I've been toying with asking. I'm considering the same for my 78 so I will need a long hood. does ACI make one of these as well? and whats the consensus on fit?


Yes, we do manufacture L-88 hoods for 1973 - 1982 Corvettes. Our part number for the 77-82 hood is DHF035. It retails for 765.34.

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Your hood is on it's way today, Ron!
Thank you for your business.
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Yes, we do manufacture L-88 hoods for 1973 - 1982 Corvettes. Our part number for the 77-82 hood is DHF035. It retails for 765.34.

Very nice!
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