scubastever

'67 442 Style Flat Bolt On Hood W/Louvers. Price=360.00 Weight=24 Ship: Truck Freight.



from VFN Fibreglass

http://www.vfnfiberglass.com/site.htm

KeithA0000

Me likes.
The 68 hood is 450.00 tho. Pooh!

scubastever

i bit the bullet after not being able to source a good replacement hood !


here's the progress so far,

http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...biker/cutlass/

Oldsguy

I looked at your link, all the pictures. Nice work on your project.

scubastever

=) thanks!

its only taken me 10 years to get around to doing this.

ps.
new photos added today!

Jamesbo

Hey what's 10 years for a nice project.

I've wasted that much time on one ex wife and don't have anything to show fer it.

But now I'm laughing, I've kept the cars and her stock portfollio is in the toilet

Allan R

Keith, the aftermarket fibreglass hoods for 70-72 are more pricey still. And if you want the original style fibreglass over steel liner it's 2300.00 + shipping and taxes. Now THAT's Pooh!!

Ranzan

Let me know how the fitment is I was thinking of going the Glass hood until reading horror stories about fitment for the later models

scubastever

i will post updates for sure..but im sure this wont be a 'drop in' type deal-eo.

the body shop will be fitting and blocking it for a good fit.

sterling_michaels

New to the forum and simply saying hello to all. I am currently restoring a 1967 Cutlass Supreme Holiday Coupe. Scubastever, your pictures caught my eye. Your project is looking good. I have to do a lot of the same things you are doing. The hood you just purchased came with my car when I bought it. It is a nice looking piece.

Jamesbo

Welcome aboard, So what are you plans?

sterling_michaels

Plans, plans, plans..... Well, I hope that they become a reality and not a dream.

So far I have done the following: Stripped the car and working on replacing the trunk, braces, floor pans and bushings. I need new 1/4's, inner and outer fenderwells, patch work here and there, etc. I picked up a running 455 and TH400 out of a 72 Vista Cruiser. The plan is to rebuild the motor, fuel inject it and slip it in. 4 Wheel disk brakes, up graded suspension and other misc goodies. The goal is to have her up and running and 85% complete in 2 years.
We shall see......

scubastever

wow now THATS a great setup!

Sterling, i totaly recommend buying a trunk floor off EBAY,

yes - its not the total original blah blah NOS blah

but the quality is good, thick stamped stock with braces- i got mine complete (like 7 pieces i think) for under $200!

look up this guy:
http://myworld.ebay.com/standardsheetmetalandtrim

thanks for the reassurances about VFN, they sounded pretty reputable, so i think ill be happy.

also, i picked up a decent front brake conversion / 2" front end lowering setup for a great price.

came with booster, valves, calipers, rotors pads, master cylinder...everythign you need to bolt it up!

theres also a decent body mount kit available on ebay for like 50 bux from

http://myworld.ebay.com/dadwarpath



i have lots of spare parts, if youre in the need


cheers & good luck!

sterling_michaels

Thanks for the info scubastever.
I picked up the 7 piece trunk kit about 2 months ago off of Tamaraz on ebay. It is a goodmark set. It looks pretty good so far. My fourth body brace (over the axle) is rotted out. I haven't found that brace anywhere. There is a guy on ebay making them and I am thinking of getting one from him. Currently I am putting together a parts list of things to pick up. I was thinking about going with a Corvette C4 / C5 brake setup in the front. I have read that I can use the original drum spindles and adapt the brakes to the spindles. There are some tough to find items that I would love to get my hands on. My Cutlass came optioned with a simulated wood grain steering wheel that is long gone. I have never actually seen one for sale, and I only have seen one on a car so far.