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Offline Layne

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cowl hoods
« on: May 02, 2009, 10:12:37 pm »
anyone know where to get a 4 incher? preferably a steel one
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Re: cowl hoods
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2009, 10:32:48 pm »
Unlimited is the only one I know of that made a tall cowl hood. It's a 6" I believe and is fiberglass. We just had a thread on hoods

http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=11847.0
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Offline Layne

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Re: cowl hoods
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2009, 10:34:20 pm »
thanks. just noticed it after i posted. sorry
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Re: cowl hoods
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2009, 11:20:59 am »
FYI, last hood I know of that was bought by a 73-87 owner reinforced my original opinion that they are far from quality pieces.
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Offline SUX2BU99

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Re: cowl hoods
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2009, 12:22:26 pm »
US Body makes a 4" cowl for our trucks. Fiberglass though, although they are reported to be a quality item.
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Re: cowl hoods
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2009, 12:46:45 pm »
Quote from: Captkaos on May 04, 2009, 11:20:59 am
FYI, last hood I know of that was bought by a 73-87 owner reinforced my original opinion that they are far from quality pieces.

Are you talking about the Unlimited hood? That was probably me because the fitment was so unsquare it's sitting upstairs in my garage and I won't even sell it to anyone unless It's a beater truck they don't care about.
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Re: cowl hoods
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2009, 01:17:09 pm »
Nope, wasn't you Vile, someone local to me that I warned them not to get it, did it anyway.  Bodyshop wanted about half the cost to fix it.
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Re: cowl hoods
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2009, 04:54:59 pm »
Is fiberglass going to be strong enough for the hinges though? 
« Last Edit: May 04, 2009, 05:14:09 pm by Captkaos »
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Re: cowl hoods
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2009, 05:15:11 pm »
Generally you have to take the springs out of the hinges on the 73-80 trucks for use with fiberglass on the Unlimited stuff.
Other companies you can use the factory setup.
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Re: cowl hoods
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2009, 05:17:12 pm »
ok thanks. I think i'm just gonna get the steel two incher though. steel just seems to be a little stronger. lol
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Re: cowl hoods
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2009, 09:00:30 am »
Quote from: Layne on May 02, 2009, 10:12:37 pm
anyone know where to get a 4 incher? preferably a steel one
 
 
 goodmark makes a 2 inch and a 5 inch steel cowl induction that you weld or metal fusor to you rstock hood you can find them from summit or jegs 8)
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Re: cowl hoods
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2009, 12:29:43 pm »
we sell Goodmark hoods here.
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