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Old Mar 29, 2020 | 03:09 PM
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There is a guy here in Florida that makes a chrome bumper conversion. He made me a wiper door to allow me to run a short , early hood on my 79.I lost his contact info but he was normally at the winter meet. I know somebody on here knows who it is please let me know, another member needs a wiper door filler. Thanks guys!
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If anyone has a picture of one of these, I’d love to see it.
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I found this from one of your posts:

"There's a guy Don Anderson I met at the ncrs winter meet that has front and rear conversions. His best contact is facebook.www.facebook.com/glasworks very nice guy craftsmanship is right there.also has fiberglass replacement bumpers for early c3 vettes in addition to the late to early conversion."
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Could we see a picture of your setup? Why would you get a short hood on a 79?


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There is a guy here in Florida that makes a chrome bumper conversion. He made me a wiper door to allow me to run a short , early hood on my 79.I lost his contact info but he was normally at the winter meet. I know somebody on here knows who it is please let me know, another member needs a wiper door filler. Thanks guys!
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Fiberglass Mike in Orlando has hundreds of vette molds, even the original Greenwood ones. 407 456-9927
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It was Don Anderson, thanks! Same last name as mine lol
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Could we see a picture of your setup? Why would you get a short hood on a 79?
I haven't gotten it together yet. I have what is believed to be a real Baldwin motion hood that I want to put on the car because I don't like the look of the L-88 scoop on the long hood because they look 6" too long which they are. And they can't possibly function correctly that close to the windshield. . Plus they aren't the Baldwin Motion hoods.
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