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Title: My 1974 Hooptie...
Post by: autonuerotic on August 17, 2006, 05:58:00 pm: What do you guys think? Anyone else have any pics besides in the rides section?
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Post by: WickedC20 on August 17, 2006, 05:36:00 pm: where did you get the headlight bezel, and chrome trim... looks sharp
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Post by: cjtimp on August 17, 2006, 05:56:00 pm: Looks good...I Like it!
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Post by: Nikodemus on August 17, 2006, 06:22:00 pm: Not a fan of lowered trucks but everything else looks amazing.
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Post by: 123 pugsy on August 17, 2006, 07:37:00 pm: Looks great.Nice blue.I prefer light,bright and loud paint colors.
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Post by: VileZambonie on August 17, 2006, 08:56:00 pm: dude! LOL Now i have to find that pic! My 74 used to look exactly like that. Did you get that hood from unlimited?
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Post by: autonuerotic on August 17, 2006, 09:05:00 pm: Thanks! Not sure by what you mean by headlight bezel, but the blue-tint head lights were purchased in SoCal at the Pomona Autofair, the head light buckets: one is from a junkyard (Ecology) one is original and I refinished the black sections. The chrome trim around the grill: The bottom piece is original, top is from a junkyard (Ecology) and refinished in my garage. The grill is oldschool from when I was in high school (Summit) and will eventually be replaced with a billet piece. The bumpers were purchased from "The Bumper Shop" also from the Pomona Autofair. The drive lights were purchased from eBay (APC.) Funny thing is I go to Pomona almost religiously....Hope this helps!
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Post by: autonuerotic on August 17, 2006, 09:19:00 pm: The hood was purchased from Unlimited, before the mold shifted and their hoods got REALLY bad. It took a lot of prep work and patience but its been a really good hood. Nobody really seems to like Unlimited anymore, mostly because now-a-days everyone wants something to bolt on and magically fit right. I purchased the hood for the pure function and the fact that its very light weight. Hahaha... When I swapped hoods I had to have help moving the stock one, the glass one I could lift up with one arm! I cant say the hoods gaps on the sides are perfect, but its NOT a trailer queen or a show truck. Im happy with it though, it helped me shave its weight down from 4900lbs to 3620lbs with a half tank of gas and me in it.
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Post by: VileZambonie on August 17, 2006, 11:15:00 pm: I have the same Unlimited hood upstairs in my garage collecting dust. The Reflexxion hood I bought was som much better! The gaps were so bad on mine I couldn't deal with it anymore. But check out this pic of my 74 before I redid it black...
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Post by: autonuerotic on August 18, 2006, 04:41:00 pm: Nice truck! That’s funny, the color is very similar as well. I thought about Reflexion, Goodmark and so on.. but for me it wasn’t worth it performance wise. Steel hoods weigh too much. I’ve had many different kinds of hoods from steel, fiberglass to carbon fiber …each has its own benefits and flaws. Any type of hood constructed from a mold will never be an exact duplicate or fit perfectly, a lot of people just don’t know that and are disappointed because they do not know what they are buying. Fiberglass hoods will tend to "shift" more in the mold than carbon fiber. Carbon fiber hoods are really, I mean really light, strong and are a more "correct" fitment, but still do not fit perfectly. Carbon fiber looks amazing as well, but eventually they fade and depending on how the hood was cured can develop air bubbles inside between the resin and weave, so you eventually have to paint it. Steel hoods the fitment is usually pretty good, but sometimes the bolt holes are a little out of place, they weigh MAYBE a little less than a stock hood or sometimes more. I knew what I was getting when I went to Unlimited so I’m happy with it. As with anything…its just how willing you are to compromise.
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Post by: VileZambonie on August 18, 2006, 05:46:00 pm: My unlimited hood like I said was just intolerable. It was actually a diamond shape and by the time I got done making it look straight it weighed pretty close to the lightweight steel hood that I have on it now. Harwood made a pretty decent quality fiberglass hood but I didn't like the raised ridge in the front and down the center. Well if you ever bust your hood you know where to get a spare! lol. Here's the Reflexxion hood on it...
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Post by: autonuerotic on August 18, 2006, 08:48:00 pm: Your truck is pretty clean. I was going to paint my truck black, but its way too dusty here and I would always have to be cleaning it. What size tire do you have on the rear? What did the hood cost you shipping and all?
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Post by: Pushrod on August 18, 2006, 09:39:00 pm: Thats a great lookin hooptie
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Post by: Nikodemus on August 18, 2006, 10:17:00 pm: Nice hood...I was planning on getting that same reflexxion hood for my truck. I was a little scared at first about getting one but now seeing how it looks on your truck just makes me want one more!
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Post by: bigblock73 on August 19, 2006, 12:13:00 am: Beautiful truck, like the color and pretty much everything. If you want to see more 73-87's, check out the readers ride section on my site...and send some pics and info of yours if you like so I can add it.
Jeff

'73 swb 2wd

73-87.com
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Post by: VileZambonie on August 19, 2006, 10:17:00 am: My rear tires are 325/50R15"s on 15X10" Aluminum slots. the tires are BFG drag radials

I didn't pay shipping on the hood because I got it from our Keystone/Veng distributor and paid roughly $400 bucks for it.

Oh and black isn't so bad as long as you have a car duster. I am going to pull the engine back out to do a few tweaks here and there, repaint the engine compartment, tweak the suspension a bit more and then repaint it again just so it looks absolutely flawless because believe it or not that paint in almost 10 years old now.
Edited by: VileZambonie at: 8/19/06 9:19 am
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Post by: autonuerotic on August 20, 2006, 11:23:00 pm: 10 years wow! Its nice to know that others are as enthusiastic as I am about building and preserving a great truck. Im going to wait awhile before I repaint mine, it will probably be some sort of Dupont silver. Those wheels are cool, my grandfather had some on his truck they look great and are very period correct.