My 1974 Hooptie...

[autonuerotic]

What do you guys think?  Anyone else have any pics besides in the rides section?

[WickedC20]

where did you get the headlight bezel, and chrome trim... looks sharp

[cjtimp]

Looks good...I Like it!    

[Nikodemus]

Not a fan of lowered trucks but everything else looks amazing.

[123 pugsy]

Looks great.Nice blue.I prefer light,bright and loud paint colors.

[VileZambonie]

dude! LOL Now i have to find that pic! My 74 used to look exactly like that. Did you get that hood from unlimited?

[autonuerotic]

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!

[autonuerotic]

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.

[VileZambonie]

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...

[autonuerotic]

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.

[VileZambonie]

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...

[autonuerotic]

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?

[Pushrod]

Thats a great lookin hooptie  

[Nikodemus]

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!

[bigblock73]

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