Well I wanted a L88 hood but could not really afford one at this stage of my project. Then there is the fitting issue of an aftermarket hood. The hood that was on my car when I got it was not correct for a 71 it was a 72 (ya I know a L88 is not correct either) and was not in the best of shape. So I thought I would make a run at reworking the hood and adding a L88 scoop. So I bought a fiberglass L88 scoop on eBay for $100 delivered. It took about 4 weekends to get it right and today I painted it. I am pretty ok with the way it turned out. The rest of the car will be painted this week.

 

 

Nice work !

Frank

 

Looks spot on!

 

looks pretty good to me!!!

 

Looks like it came on there.

 

A $100.00 and 4 weekends is a small price to pay for a L88 hood that looks that nice.
Great job!

 

Looks like you did an awesome job. I am doing the same thing you did. I bought a hood scoop a few weeks ago, but havent started on ther install. Maybe you can share a few pointers of how you did it to get it right. Maybe a step by step procedure.
thanks and again awesome job from what I can see.

 

Great work. I wanted something nobody even made. A steel stinger hood for my Nova. It came out ok. It just goes to show, patience can get things done. You did a beautiful job on your hood!

 

Good job indeed!

 

Thanks for the kind words guys. Scrappy I have a few photos on my office computer (from my blackberry) that I will post later. During the process the tricky part was the stinger like point on the hood. I had to cut it out then “graft” a part from the center in its place.

 

Hood looks GREAT!!

Nice quality work...

 

Very Nice! Please do tell. Any build pics? Who was the vendor on Ebay?

 

Looks great!!

 

Looks great! I'd like to do the same! The vendors name would be a big help. Thanks!

 

Looks great, good job !!!!!

 

nice job looks very nice

 

Did you just go for the look, or did you need clearance? Just wondering if the underside stayed stock or did you cut it out at all?

 

very nice!

 

I really did not document the process of glassing in the hood scoop but here are a few photos and the steps I used. I bought the hood scoop from Advantage Fiberglass in Decatur IN it was listed on eBay but can be bought for the same direct.

Working from a pair of carpenter horses.

1. Placed the hood scoop on the hood.
2. Center it and make measurement from both sides making sure they are equal. Draw a center line on the hood and hood scoop and align the two.
3. Use spring clamps to hold the back corners.
4. I used a small sharpie to outline the scoop on the hood. Then remove the hood
5. Then took 1 ½ masking tape and ran it along the marked line. The tape covering the inside of the outline .
6. I then used a saber saw to cut the edge of the masking tape (smaller than the hood outline). NOTE do not cut the hood frame at the back leave about six inches of the back of the original hood.
7. I then cut the “stinger” out of the front of the hood.
8. Using a T- Bevel across the top of the nose I found the angle of the two sides of the hood. I then took the T- bevel and found that angle on the center part that I cut out. Using the stinger I cut out as a template I traced and cut out a patch piece matching the angle of the hood.
9. Next I ground a bevel on the edges of the stinger patch and the hood, taped it from under nether I then glassed the two together.
10. Sanded (ground) the top flush and placed the scoop back on the car.
11. Now after moving the masking tape used a guide when cutting the hood place the hood scoop back on the hood.
12. Making sure everything is lined up and starting from the front screw the hood scoop to the hood using sheet metal screws. Alternated side as you go.
13. If everything looks ok (last chance to correct any misalignments) unscrew and lift the hood scoop off. Now generously apply fiberglass resin to the hood where the hood will bond and in the same order as before screw the hood back down.
14. After the resin sets up remove the sheet metal screws turn the hood upside down. You will notice the left over material of the hood I used a dermal with a cut off wheel to remove most of this extra material and then sanded it flush with the hood scoop.
15. Next use about three inch wide strips of fiberglass matting and overlay three to four layers glassing the hood scoop to the hood. (including the patch piece)
16. Next turn the hood over and grind a bevel on both the hood scoop and the hood making a v shape groove where they join each other.
17. Shred fiber glass matting and glass the top of the hood and the scoop together. After the fiberglass has hardened sand flush.
18. Next I laid the hood on its side and added resin and shredded matting to the inside of the back of the scoop where you could not glass the underside (that part I told you not to cut off). Rotate and do the other side.
19. Returning the hood to the horses I started to feather the hood and scoop using “Extreme Rage” Although the hood was pretty straight I needed to add filler to the two sides in the front to get them flat.
20. Next I sprayed epoxy primer to both bottom and top. I finish the top with a high build 2K urethane blocking between coats.

Thanks for taking an interest.