Newbie with a Weird Hood question!

[HurstOlds1775]

Hi all! I have been reading posts on this site for a while now, and I bit the bullet and joined!! Glad I did!!! I was good friends with a family in Needham Mass. 30 years ago who owned an Olds dealership. So I have seen every Olds muscle car made in mint condition stored in a building that they kept their collection in. At that time it was moot to get an Olds muscle car since they owned all the ones I wanted already!!! So years later I have the car I always wanted without them showing me the same one!! Here's my weird question. I have a 1969 with the 442/S hood that has the chrome inserts. The underside bracing of the hood is different from the 100s or more other hoods I have seen. Here's how, the bracing on all other hoods for 69 were not punched out at the lower half of the hood. It becomes a solid sheet of steel half way down and the indents are present, but not punched out. They did this on the 70 hood as well. The 1968 hood has the punch outs the full length of the hood. So was it is a weaker support system with the punch outs but a lighter hood? My 1969 car is one of the first ones made in August of 1968, however it has a 1969 hood with the brace punch outs on the underside support system??? I have never seen another hood like it on any other 69!!!! I was told this was a revised hood change in 68 for 69 after a week of making them. So many olds guys notice this at shows and they all have no clue why this is a one shoot deal hood. Any one else have an answer for me?? I would post pictures but I don't know how to on this site. The car is a 60,000 mile survivor without front end damage ever. Hit me with your answers. Thanx, Keith

[Jamesbo]

Welcome to the site. That's a new one on me.

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[Oldsguy]

Keith, welcome to CO. We have a few members here that may know the answer to that one, I sure don't though, sorry. Looking forward to pictures and more info on your car.

[HurstOlds1775]

Jamesbo, Thank you for that info. I'm from Mass and I have a 1969 Cutlass S convert that has the parts from an early production 69 H/O crashed in the 80s. Factory white with Black interor. So it's a Clone of a 69 convert Hurst Olds. It's the only car my friend did not have!!! Though he did try to buy on of the two known at the time.

[Operation Deltapower]

welcome!