The 1976 Has a Unique Hood
08-02-2014, 12:35 AM
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Drifting
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The 1976 Has a Unique Hood
I'm reading the Corvette Black Book about my 1976 and the description says:
The 1976 has a unique hood.
Really? How so?
The 1976 has a unique hood.
Really? How so?
08-02-2014, 01:38 AM
#2
Burning Brakes
The 76 does have a unique hood. The 76 still has the hood vent at the back edge in front of the windshield like the 73 thru 75 models. However, it is non-functional. The 73 thru 75 vent was part of the cowl induction system that carried air to the carb. The 76 retained the vent but all the cowl induction portion on the bottom of the hood was redesigned and no longer present. The 76 had a new forced air system that delivered from the front edge of the hood just above the radiator.
The 77 model deleted the vent in front of the windshield.
So, an original 76 hood is unique, but it is interchangeable with all 73 thru 79 models.
The 77 model deleted the vent in front of the windshield.
So, an original 76 hood is unique, but it is interchangeable with all 73 thru 79 models.
08-02-2014, 10:12 AM
#3
Drifting
Thread Starter
The 76 does have a unique hood. The 76 still has the hood vent at the back edge in front of the windshield like the 73 thru 75 models. However, it is non-functional. The 73 thru 75 vent was part of the cowl induction system that carried air to the carb. The 76 retained the vent but all the cowl induction portion on the bottom of the hood was redesigned and no longer present. The 76 had a new forced air system that delivered from the front edge of the hood just above the radiator.
The 77 model deleted the vent in front of the windshield.
So, an original 76 hood is unique, but it is interchangeable with all 73 thru 79 models.
The 77 model deleted the vent in front of the windshield.
So, an original 76 hood is unique, but it is interchangeable with all 73 thru 79 models.
08-02-2014, 11:49 AM
#4
Burning Brakes
Most people don't notice the difference in the 76 and te 77 thru 79 hoods either. Just the omissionon the air vent grill on the 77 thru 79 models.
08-02-2014, 04:54 PM
#7
Burning Brakes
Technically....the 76 Corvette AND the Vega GT both got the GM "Sport Steering Wheel".
Same wheel that was used on the Camaro Z28, the SS El Camino, the SS Malibu and the Sport K5 Blazer.
The only Vega that shared this wheel was the Vega GT.....which was considered as part of the "Sporty" line up in 1976.
A version of this wheel continued on the Chevrolet sport line up through 1981...last appearing on the 1981 Camaro Z28.
Same wheel that was used on the Camaro Z28, the SS El Camino, the SS Malibu and the Sport K5 Blazer.
The only Vega that shared this wheel was the Vega GT.....which was considered as part of the "Sporty" line up in 1976.
A version of this wheel continued on the Chevrolet sport line up through 1981...last appearing on the 1981 Camaro Z28.
08-02-2014, 05:45 PM
#8
Race Director
Technically....the 76 Corvette AND the Vega GT both got the GM "Sport Steering Wheel".
Same wheel that was used on the Camaro Z28, the SS El Camino, the SS Malibu and the Sport K5 Blazer.
The only Vega that shared this wheel was the Vega GT.....which was considered as part of the "Sporty" line up in 1976.
A version of this wheel continued on the Chevrolet sport line up through 1981...last appearing on the 1981 Camaro Z28.
Same wheel that was used on the Camaro Z28, the SS El Camino, the SS Malibu and the Sport K5 Blazer.
The only Vega that shared this wheel was the Vega GT.....which was considered as part of the "Sporty" line up in 1976.
A version of this wheel continued on the Chevrolet sport line up through 1981...last appearing on the 1981 Camaro Z28.
The infamous "Vega" wheel was used on various different Chevrolets. It probably isn't really fair to refer to the 76 wheel, as the Vega wheel, but we've been calling it that since the 76 Corvette was introduced in late 75.The wheel was first used in 71 on the Vega GT, and was offered as an optional "Sport Steering Wheel" on 71 Chevelles, El Caminos and Camaros. The standard Vega, as well as the Chevelle, El Camino and Camaro, all used the typical straight across wheel, common to all Chevrolets of the era.
The 78 and later Z/28's, used a modified version of the wheel, that featured a simulated rope wrap around the rim of the wheel.
As far as the 76 hood being unique, I guess it is, but so are the 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, and 82 hoods.
08-02-2014, 06:08 PM
#9
Drifting
But wait a minute isn't the locking mechanism on the 76 hood different than the 77? The 77-82 have the strikers on the hood with the latches on the cowl? And the 76 down are the reverse of that? Please some one correct me if i am wrong. I plan on installing that vent on my 77 but if the 76 will work then I will just change hoods.
08-02-2014, 08:10 PM
#10
Race Director
But wait a minute isn't the locking mechanism on the 76 hood different than the 77? The 77-82 have the strikers on the hood with the latches on the cowl? And the 76 down are the reverse of that? Please some one correct me if i am wrong. I plan on installing that vent on my 77 but if the 76 will work then I will just change hoods.
08-02-2014, 08:39 PM
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06-30-2016, 08:15 AM
#13
Instructor
All this talk about hoods, anybody know how to adjust the 1976 hood so it is flush at the windshield edge to the fenders? Mine is about 1/2" high and to adjust it to it's correct height, the hood will not latch... Don't say lower the rubber bumpers in front of the hood pins, I took them off. I even cut the hood pins and springs to lower and that didn't work (bought new ones). If I knew how, I would remove the female latches on the hood and recess the whole fiberglass base/mount area to lower everything, but don't have the skills... Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, and I hope no one else has a hood that looks unlatched all the time...
07-01-2016, 12:09 PM
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Drifting
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All this talk about hoods, anybody know how to adjust the 1976 hood so it is flush at the windshield edge to the fenders? Mine is about 1/2" high and to adjust it to it's correct height, the hood will not latch... Don't say lower the rubber bumpers in front of the hood pins, I took them off. I even cut the hood pins and springs to lower and that didn't work (bought new ones). If I knew how, I would remove the female latches on the hood and recess the whole fiberglass base/mount area to lower everything, but don't have the skills... Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, and I hope no one else has a hood that looks unlatched all the time...
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All this talk about hoods, anybody know how to adjust the 1976 hood so it is flush at the windshield edge to the fenders? Mine is about 1/2" high and to adjust it to it's correct height, the hood will not latch... Don't say lower the rubber bumpers in front of the hood pins, I took them off. I even cut the hood pins and springs to lower and that didn't work (bought new ones). If I knew how, I would remove the female latches on the hood and recess the whole fiberglass base/mount area to lower everything, but don't have the skills... Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, and I hope no one else has a hood that looks unlatched all the time...
07-01-2016, 01:21 PM
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07-01-2016, 01:28 PM
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I don't know how
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what hoods can fit on a 1976
I have a 1976 and was wondering if I can use any other hood with or with out? modifications
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