where to get a cowl or ram air hood for 68?
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where to get a cowl or ram air hood for 68?
is there anyone that sells a cowl hood or ram air style for a 68 cutlass coupe?
I really like the 70's 442 ram air hood. will a 1969 or 1970 hood fit on a 1968?
thanks.
I really like the 70's 442 ram air hood. will a 1969 or 1970 hood fit on a 1968?
thanks.
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I have always though that the center bulge in the 68 hood would make a nice cowl induction hood, however.
Another option: Back in the 1970s I added an L-88 scoop to the flat 1968 hood and ran it on my 68 442. I'll see if I can dig up photos. I did have the usual problems of cracking due to the expansion differences between the metal hood and fiberglass scoop, however. Adhesives have gotten a lot better in the last 35 years.
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The question is, why? The whole point of the 1970-72 hoods is that the scoops line up with the grills for aesthetic reasons. Here, they don't and they look like an afterthought.
#7
I will continue my apparently unproductive search for steel.
Last edited by mo4dave78; November 24th, 2018 at 06:55 PM.
#8
I agree, that '70-'72 scooped hood on that '68 looks whacked. I don't even like them on '69s, mainly because I know that the factory never did something stupid like that.
#9
FYI, on my first 68 442 that I built back in high school, I used a flat hood and added an L-88 Corvette scoop. It fits very nicely with the shape of the grill and leading edge of the hood. I did cut a hole under the scoop to make it into a cowl induction system. Unfortunately, I can't find a photo of that car right now.
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I know this is a dead thread, but I emailed Show Cars to see how much they charge for a W30 style hood for a '68 as that's what I have planned for my pro-touring build in my sig. Will update so other people who find this from Google can get an answer too.
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