Re: hood louvers

by 77mali Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:21 pm

sick73chevelle wrote:Does art fiberglass only make parts for oldsmobiles? I don't see any links for other models. They make some nice looking pieces. Prices are not that bad but shipping would probably double the price to Ohio. I have been looking for a cowl hood or ramair style for 73 Chevelle for a while. VFN seems to be the best source so far.

Go to their homepage & click Chevy- they only have the cowl style hoods but also have one w/ air pan I think.

by dynchel Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:22 pm

[quote="sick73chevelle"]I frequent Mentor for work occasionally. I drive a truck. Nice town. Nice looking ride you have there. Do you go to all the cruisins out east? I need to get out there this summer. I think that I have seen all the westside cars.[quote] I go to Annabells diner all the time since its less than a mile from my house. My wife was from Brunswick, so I have been to the cruise there a few times (when it was at Kmart plaza) The city of painsville has (had?) A cruise in the town square on friday nights. Another big one is solon commons on Tuesdays.

by 77mali Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:52 pm

http://www.artfiberglass.com/auto/autofiberglass.html
home page

Artfiberglass
Sweet Home, Oregon 97386
USA: Phone 1-541-359-4708

mail@artfiberglass.com

by 77mali Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:18 pm

Landonus wrote:I don't think they will. Looks like from where the fender meets the hood across to where the hood dips is too long and flat. Would be something good to cut up and use to fab my own but a little too spendy. Nice find nonetheless, I knew nothing about these guys. It would look better if the intake holes matched the same skew as the grill though.

IDK....Can someone w/ a 76/77 and or 73-75 Cutty measure the length down the middle & width? It looks darn close...just the Olds header panel might stick out more. I think it might deserve a phone call...they're like 1/2 the price of "Tamraz" or OPG, etc...
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by dynchel Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:24 pm

The shape of the sheet metal is different. The part over the headlights is rounder (on a chevelle) with a deeper "valley " you would probably have to use the header panel from the cutlass (at the very least)

by 77mali Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:30 pm

Yeah, it would be too good to be true.

That's not to say you couldn't get them to make just the scoops & an air box for custom fab @ home LOL. I'm sure they have the capabilities but who knows what they'd charge. Lots of "scoops- only" options also in their site, pretty cool company.

by dynchel Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:35 pm

I always liked l88 hoods myself but i don't think anyone makes g3 l88 hoods anymore.

by Biomedtech Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:40 pm

Hmmm VFN fiberglass and ArtFiberglass are using the same pics, wonder who makes what or if one or the other is a reseller?

by 77mali Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:51 pm

I'd say whichever is more expensive is buying from the other. Were is VFN?

by 77mali Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:53 pm

dynchel wrote:I always liked l88 hoods myself but i don't think anyone makes g3 l88 hoods anymore.

Here U go dude...I've always liked those too.
http://www.jcwhitney.com/corvette-l-88-fiberglass-hood-scoops/p2010328.jcwx

by Joe73 Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:54 pm

Before I bought my fiberglass L88 hood. I had the fiberglass scoop alone on my stock hood. I glassed it in and cut the round center out of my stock hood so the air cleaner can stick through. Full glass is great. When I'm driving mine at night I can see the back of the passenger headlight glowing under the hood.

I've been to the Englishtown swap meet and saw 442 fiberglass scoops for sale from a fiberglass dealer. It was the long scoops like the 70-72 442 would have. It was the scoops alone that could be added to a stock hood.

I also found this link. Prices dont seem to be too bad. http://www.bodykits.com/Oldsmobile/442/Body-Kits-Conversions/Hood-Scoops/

by 1973 454 MONTE Sat Jan 26, 2013 6:27 pm

1973montec wrote:Chris was gonna put the 70-72 buick gs scoops on his hood.had a donor hood and all.
Dont remember why he didnt do it tho.

got divorced. Thumbs up

i took sheet metal Beer

, she

threw away scoop grills,air cleaner and NOS seals. Head Bang

i think it would of been cool as h3ll

by dynchel Sat Jan 26, 2013 6:48 pm

1973 454 MONTE wrote:
1973montec wrote:Chris was gonna put the 70-72 buick gs scoops on his hood.had a donor hood and all.
Dont remember why he didnt do it tho.

got divorced. i took sheet metal , she threw away scoop grills,air cleaner and NOS seals.

i think it would of been cool as h3ll

The ones I just got are a different style, 1967 gran sport 400. They are more of a bolt on. But they will (i hope) look oe and keep people guessing. Idea

when the weather breaks we'll have to try to hit qs&l, or annabells. Twisted Evil

by 1973 454 MONTE Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:31 pm

i will probably hit annies and qsl this year being im closer to them this year.depends if the monte comes apart as planned. im thinking repaint and refresh.

by dynchel Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:45 am

Landonus wrote:Cant wait to see what you do with them. Do you plan on making them functional? I plan on fabbing up a custom and hopefully functional ram air hood for my 77'.

I finally got around to assembling my parts, what I have are 1967 buick gran sport hood scoops, and a 1973 elCamino hood. what do you guys think?
https://2img.net/h/i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o674/dynchel/photobucket-41690-1361812277961_zpsaecc7d4e.jpg
https://2img.net/h/i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o674/dynchel/photobucket-42438-1361812143169_zps10154f71.jpg
I am still debating weather or not to install hood pins. I kind of like them but I don't know if I will regret the decesion.

by 1973 454 MONTE Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:17 pm

hood looks to big.

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by dynchel Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:34 pm

The scoops will be in the middle of the racing stripes.

by 77mali Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:12 pm

Don't listen to Chris... Laughing

by dynchel Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:17 pm

I like it. I wish the scoops were a little bigger, but all and all i'm happy with how it looks.

by dynchel Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:15 am

Well I finally got my hood test fitted. It was from a '73 elCamino, and I added '67 Buick gran sport 400 hood scoops for a little style. hood louvers - Page 2 <a href=

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Here is my refurbished hinges (degrease and paint) with some chrome powder coated springs. they look more like polished aluminum than chrome but that's fine with me. Very Happy

by 77mali Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:40 am

Looks good!

by 1973montec Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:16 pm

by dynchel Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:43 pm

Thank you. I wanted a legit old school look and the buick scoops were what I happened to find. Anyone know where to find the inserts? I plan to paint them, but there is suppost to be a sticker insert that goes on it.(for the original Buick application).

by 1973montec Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:59 am

i found this pic the other day of a 67 GS.
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by dynchel Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:12 am

dynchel wrote:Thank you. I wanted a legit old school look and the buick scoops were what I happened to find. Anyone know where to find the inserts? I plan to paint them, but there is suppost to be a sticker insert that goes on it.(for the original Buick application).

the buick looks to be missing the inserts that mine are. I will probably just go to a printing shop since mine are custom, and don't have to look a specific way. jocolor

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