L88 Hood
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L88 Hood
Hi,
I have a 69 in the body shop. I had replaced the motor with a nice fresh 350, but of course with the new manifold the hood didn't quite fit, so I was getting some nice spider cracks right in the middle of the hood. I used this excuse (with my wife) to get a new L88 hood and have the whole car repainted. The new hood replaces the whole wiper door horror show (althought I was proud of myself in actually getting that engineering marvel to work correctly). The question is what do you do with those moulding pieces that go on the sides? If I don't put them back it looks like there is going to be a rather large gap between the hood and fender. The bodyshop guy suggested putting them back on and painting them the color of the car. I would imagine that the long strip doesn't need to be put back on.
Thanks
I have a 69 in the body shop. I had replaced the motor with a nice fresh 350, but of course with the new manifold the hood didn't quite fit, so I was getting some nice spider cracks right in the middle of the hood. I used this excuse (with my wife) to get a new L88 hood and have the whole car repainted. The new hood replaces the whole wiper door horror show (althought I was proud of myself in actually getting that engineering marvel to work correctly). The question is what do you do with those moulding pieces that go on the sides? If I don't put them back it looks like there is going to be a rather large gap between the hood and fender. The bodyshop guy suggested putting them back on and painting them the color of the car. I would imagine that the long strip doesn't need to be put back on.
Thanks
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Re: L88 Hood (t69man)
The best looking fix is to extend the fender panel top to match the door and the hood. Requires a little fiberglass work, but well worth it in my opinion. The original trim pieces will not match. I'm just getting ready to do this mod, since I switched out to the long hood.
Dave
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Dave
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