I need a hood!!!

jagdiver · Feb 5, 2004

Does Anyone Know where I can get a decent Fiberglass hood at a good price....I need at least a 3 in cowl or something that will give me more room its for my Friends 65 coupe were putting a 351 windsor with an air gap intake and where gonna need room.....any suggestions would be helpful...thanks

1320stang · Feb 5, 2004

jagdiver said:
Does Anyone Know where I can get a decent Fiberglass hood at a good price....I need at least a 3 in cowl or something that will give me more room its for my Friends 65 coupe were putting a 351 windsor with an air gap intake and where gonna need room.....any suggestions would be helpful...thanks

Sorry, but decent does not equal good. I don't think decent comes into the vocabulary of describing fiberglass components anyway, I think there's trash and there's good, but it depends on your definition and preference. 7dMach1 got a cowl hood and then spent hours on getting it to look ggod, but it's a show car. I wished Cervinis or HO Fibertrends made hoods for old stangs, their quality is good enough that a scuff and spray is good enough for a daily driver, I mean they probably have a 98% approval rating. I haven't heard of any classic mustang 'glass consistancy of being of that quality. There's Maier and Tony Branda, but I've only heard about a 50% rating on them. Also depends on where you live, shipping can run $150 and up as its always truck freight, if you live close you can pick up and save $$$.

GaPonyFarm · Feb 5, 2004

I got mine from Mustangs Unlimited... It took a little work for perfect fitment, but nothing extreme. Its constructed well and didn't kill my wallet. I got the 2.5" rise and that was way more then enough room and looks a little better than the 3", in my opinion. Cost was around $380.

An example of its strength... I pulled a bonehead stunt after getting the car back from its new paint job. I didn't get the hood latch assemby tightened down after adjusting it, and the very first time I took the car out, the hood flew up... It totally smashed my cowl cover (the car's cowl), but just slightly nicked the hood... I was amazed that it didn't disintegrate, as I was going about 40mph... I don't advise this as a structural test, however...... It has a tendancy to tick off the body shop guys.

allcarfan · Feb 5, 2004

Where are you located?

Mustangs unlimited

NPD

Mustangs PLus

Mustang Depot

Ebay

Summitracing.com

Maeir Racing

Cobranda.com

mtbdoc · Feb 5, 2004

Just bought one!

I can STRONGLY recommend the new cowl hood that Mustang Depot is selling (it is from a new vendor). My paint and body man (who has messed with LOTS of fiberglass parts) tells me this is the best quality he has seen (this translates into very little prep work). Shipping was not bad, either.

Check it out: http://www.mustangdepot.com/OnLineCatalog/Fiberglass/fiberglass_hoods.htm

It is FS-656C.

bswor · Feb 5, 2004

I hear the maier hoods are bad quality?

jagdiver · Feb 6, 2004

Im located in MI .....Ill check some of those places out

BullittStangV8 · Sep 21, 2004

Does anyone have any experience with t he mustand depot hoods? I like their three inch cowl hood that they have on their project 1965 car. is that hood a high quality hood? hows prep on them?
Mike

DAZ · Sep 21, 2004

mtbdoc said:
I can STRONGLY recommend the new cowl hood that Mustang Depot is selling (it is from a new vendor). My paint and body man (who has messed with LOTS of fiberglass parts) tells me this is the best quality he has seen (this translates into very little prep work). Shipping was not bad, either.

Check it out: http://www.mustangdepot.com/OnLineCatalog/Fiberglass/fiberglass_hoods.htm

It is FS-656C.

Without trying to promote a vendor, Mustang Depot sent me a 2 1/2" cowl hood for my 66 coupe. They had the best price on the hood and the best price on shipping. Every one wanted 140 to 200.00 to ship!
The hood is solid, doesn't fit perfectly, but it is well worth the money.

blandq · Sep 22, 2004

I have a Maier gt-350 tear drop scoop hood on a 64 coup and love it! Fit, prep, look are outstanding. (FC is not new, that's why shelby hood W/scoop springs are lighter I picked my up will shaking Bill's hand...so maybe I got a best case..dono.

washMO66 · Sep 22, 2004

DAZ said:
Without trying to promote a vendor, Mustang Depot sent me a 2 1/2" cowl hood for my 66 coupe. They had the best price on the hood and the best price on shipping. Every one wanted 140 to 200.00 to ship!
The hood is solid, doesn't fit perfectly, but it is well worth the money.

What's the weight on these things? Are they steel re-inforced?

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