Dedicated Day 2 Thread

[TheNovaMan]

Hi guys, quick question: what did guys like Jenkins do back in the day in terms of hoods when they ran tunnel rams - steel or fiberglass, and if they were fiberglass, were they bolt-on or lift-off/pin-on?

Edit: it's so awesome that Day 2 has its own section now!

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TheNovaMan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hi guys, quick question: what did guys like Jenkins do back in the day in terms of hoods when they ran tunnel rams - steel or fiberglass, and if they were fiberglass, were they bolt-on or lift-off/pin-on?

Edit: it's so awesome that Day 2 has its own section now! </div></div>

Most of the racers ran the lift off/pin on, thin fiberglass hoods.

This is a generalization but in the early to mid 70's probably the most common set up of all if you ran a TR on the street was the stock steel hood with a molded in fiberglass scoop but later in the 70's people started to go to the all fiberglass hoods or kept the stock steel hood with no hood scoop- ala the TR sticking up out in plain site where they could be seen.

Most street cars if they did run a fiberglass hood ran a thicker fiberglass that bolted on the regular hood hinges and used hood pins up front.

There was just so many steel/ fiberglass/ scoop/ no scoop combinations but as said I feel the most common was scoop pre '75 and no scoop after for some years-on the street. Race cars always seemed to use scoops-just the scoop shape changed over the years.

When Pro Street started going overboard in the early 80's when cars were running those funny car style cages etc they went back to running aero scoops with thin pin on fiberglass to emulate Pro Stock cars.

[TheNovaMan]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: whitetop</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Most of the racers ran the lift off/pin on, thin fiberglass hoods.

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Race cars always seemed to use scoops-just the scoop shape changed over the years.</div></div> OK, cool. That brings up two more questions:
1. Who makes the nicest flat, pin-on 'glass hoods for 68-72 Novas?
2. Should I get a pre-made &quot;Grump Lump&quot; or make my own?

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
OK, cool. That brings up two more questions:
1. Who makes the nicest flat, pin-on 'glass hoods for 68-72 Novas?
2. Should I get a pre-made &quot;Grump Lump&quot; or make my own? </div></div>

1. VFN makes good hoods. Not sure if they make a flat pin on model or not. I also heard good things from the company out of Florida. US Body Source or something like that.

2. Surprisingly, no one makes an accurate Grump Lump at this time.