Real "L88" Hood
01-28-2012, 09:25 PM
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found another picture, this is a dealer installed L-88 with 200 miles on the odometer and the hood is GM...I merely transferred the 427 from ne hood to the other....the factory 88 cars didn't have shroud so the L-71 car was the logical choice and became a L-88 car...it was not unusual for dealer engine swaps back then.......and you could buy the necessary fuel at most gas stations. What was neat, it also had a 5 year 50,000 mile warranty.....The result is that I made my own with the options I wanted.....who would have thought that these 40+ year old cars would be worth anything today....
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01-28-2012, 10:59 PM
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Willcox provides the correct dimensions in a PDF document at their link: http://willcoxcorvette.com/repairand...lp.php?hID=287
Just glad someone found them..
01-29-2012, 09:52 PM
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Holy Smokes... Dick how the hell are you.... Long time.
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Real hood or not
A real L88 hood will have the air box bonded between the two outer pieces of the fiberglass hood. It will also have a vertical piece of fiberglass between the top of the air box at the rear opening of the actual hood. If the air box is just "glassed-into" the hood, it is a fake.
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A real L88 hood will have the air box bonded between the two outer pieces of the fiberglass hood. It will also have a vertical piece of fiberglass between the top of the air box at the rear opening of the actual hood. If the air box is just "glassed-into" the hood, it is a fake.
