442 style hood I made

[Ilija Kovacevic]

I believe that's correct. Not only that but people are asking for stupid money if you find em

Yeah they are! They were $800 from the company

 

[Ilija Kovacevic]

I like it a lot - nice job!

For an old Olds enthusiast*, your hood reminded me of what IMHO
is the most desirable version of an Olds with big block power: '70 442
convertible with the W-30 455, topped with the W-25 cold air induction package.

But the ultimate version which should have been built was the Can-Am inspired
Olds aluminum 455. Ultra rare, but this Olds devo pieced together this
amazing machine, and even got a Olds W-37 dual-disk clutch and W-27 aluminum
diff to give this convertible the ultimate Olds powertrain: (Ultimate '70 442)

EDIT: If you follow the link there's a nice engine bay shot showing the cold
air intake setup that pulls cold intake air from the hood.

To me this is like having a sleeper convertible with a near '69 Camaro
ZL1 level of big block torque & small block weight under that cold air hood. (!)

Thanks for stirring up some fine memories with that hood of yours.

****

*I came by this honestly, for not my first, but my first 'fun' car was
a (then) 10 year old '66 Olds purchased for $350. Had the 425 with
"Ultra High Compression" emblazoned across the air cleaner. And
behind it was a switch-pitch Turbo 400, and a factory posi.

It was in a big honkin' Dynamic 88, but I kept it in a sharp state of
tune, and it was a sleeper well before that term became a common
part of the motorhead lexicon. A rolling start at ~25mph made for
memories that lasted a lifetime. And that Turbo 400 was the only
automatic I've ever owned that simply shrugged off any/all shenanigans
that teenaged Road Trip visited upon it. I still have deep respect for
every engineer & assembler that contributed to that $350 magic carpet ride.
A machine that simply gave way more than it got. :0)

That's awesome!! Yeah my hood was inspired by the Olds 442 hood because I've always dug the look of the big long scoops and wanted to do something different than you see on every other truck. And thank you for the story as well, very very cool!!

 

[Ilija Kovacevic]

And fit/finish of most fiberglass body parts I've seen is atrocious.

Richard

Yeah fit and finish of most fiberglass or steel aftermarket parts is horrible these days

 

[Ilija Kovacevic]

They look sweet. I was looking for metal ones a while back

There's a guy on YouTube that did a metal one on the hood of a vista cruiser and it looks killer but it was a ton of work

 

[SUBURBAN5]

There's a guy on YouTube that did a metal one on the hood of a vista cruiser and it looks killer but it was a ton of work

I bet. If I ever do it , it will most likely be made at some local body shop. I definitely want it functional. Too me ,those hoods are the best looking

 

[Captainfab]

Can I ask what you used to bond the fiberglass to the steel hood?

 

[Redcan2004]

So do you plan on making some for sale? Is it all fiberglass or is it steel with fiberglass scoops?

 

[Ilija Kovacevic]

So do you plan on making some for sale? Is it all fiberglass or is it steel with fiberglass scoops?

Steel hood fiberglass scoops

 

[Ilija Kovacevic]

Can I ask what you used to bond the fiberglass to the steel hood?

PLEXUS MA8120

 

[Ilija Kovacevic]

So do you plan on making some for sale? Is it all fiberglass or is it steel with fiberglass scoops?

Probably won't make any for sale as of now but possibly in the future