Do you have to have correct hood

[Jeff Teuton]

They have the info on all the hoods. Enforcement is very uneven I guess for several reasons mentioned. But then enforcement is uneven in all aspects of Stock and Super Stock. They are a couple of racers that are currently challenging them on this issue. Should be interesting.

[MHoward]

I noticed that as soon as i opened my dragster,when I went from a 327 to a 350 I put the SS hood on my car and I thought the 396 had to have it also,IF this hood is being allowed to run I am putting mine back on they are alot lighter.

[Tom Turner]

Run the flat hood if you want, they dont care. The way I understand it; from a conversation or twenty with Bruce Bachelder; if a hood was produced in the year that you claim your car is and it fits; it's OK. UNLESS.......... it is a cowl induction or fresh air hood that was not available with your combo or if we are talking Corvette, in which case NOTHING is legal. I think the Mopar contingent has stretched this deal farther than anyone and the Ford guys always seem to find obscure documentation when they need it. You being a Chevy guy are at a disadvantage cuz there is a purist/expert under every rock that just can't wait to point out that your car is "not right" I personally think that the time has come to stop fretting about such things and consider rulebook wording like "stock type replacement hoods, OE material, OE hinges and latches allowed". Remember, this is just my opinion and it's worth every dime you are paying for it. .

[Isaac Zane]

My pet peeve is 70-73 Camaros that are not split bumper cars having split bumpers! After having a 70 1/2 RS/SS, it's just one of those things!

BTW, split bumper cars should have their parking lights right next to the headlights and they,(parking lights) should be round. Non-split bumper (full bumper) cars have a sorta long rectangular light under the bumper.

OK, now back to our regularly scheduled hood thread.......

[Tim H]

Originally Posted by Isaac Zane

My pet peeve is 70-73 Camaros that are not split bumper cars having split bumpers! After having a 70 1/2 RS/SS, it's just one of those things!

BTW, split bumper cars should have their parking lights right next to the headlights and they,(parking lights) should be round. Non-split bumper (full bumper) cars have a sorta long rectangular light under the bumper.

OK, now back to our regularly scheduled hood thread.......

Hey, I agree with you 100%. I notice this "flaw" so often. I too owned at one time a 1970 1/2 Rally Sport and remember what the front end should look like.

[Chris DeGidio]

The Mopar cars get to use the 'glass hood because back in 70 when your ordered the car with the fresh air hood,there was a shortage of shaker hoods and Chrysler used the 'glass hoods as substitutions.There is REAL documentation to verify this.

[greg fulk]

This kind of goes with the hood deal...I'm amazed @ the # of Novas that are running as a 69 when anybody that knows anything about them can tell it's a 70-72. Just to bring the rest of ya up to date...the 68 novas were Chevy II's & said so on them somewhere...the 69's were Novas & had short marker lights. the 70-72 had long marker light with the 70 having clear parking lights in the front bumper. sorry for going off course

[Trevor Weiss]

I thought Stock is suppost to be stock the way it came from the factory with no body modifications. Changing the hood from what came on it from the factory to me is a body modification. Just one more thing that gets further away from stock, Just my opinion. I do care when I see a car with the wrong hood it just aint right. If you can run any hood that was produced for that model year now then what is next? Fiberglass hoods with scoops, fiberglass fenders, doors, deck lids ect. Where does it end?

[Stephen & Horace Johnson]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

Same deal as the white B/S 427 Fairlane STATION WAGON running the fiber glass scooped hood. They only came on 2 dr. sedans and 2dr. hard tops with 2 X 4's originally but they look cool so who cares.....lol.

the hood was an over the counter option, that was available for any 427 Fairlane, whether it was a 2dr sedan, hardtop or a wagon!!


Stephen Johnson #2162
Horace Johnson #2167
SS/D 427 Ford Fairlane NHRA-IHRA

[Billy Nees]

This thread just reminded me of a funny "Billy" story. At least a good 20 years ago I was at a points meet with my 6 cyl. stocker (V/SA) and was suprised to see the then record holder in my class there. Well, this fellow was (is) a rather famous (infamous) kind of guy with some very good ties to some manufacturers and I can't help but notice that his car (same class as mine) is a beautiful Buick GN. The only problem is that he's not running a turbo motor but a 2V 231 V/6. To make matters worse, at the end of qualifing I realize that I have to race him 1st round, heads up. I went to my Division Tech Director and ask him what kind of car and combo this fellow is racing and he tells me that it's obviously a turbo GN to which I reply "in V/SA"? My DTD goes over to the fellow and asks him to open his hood to find a carbureted V/6. Well the DTD tells the man that he's not legal and he's DQed. The man tells the DTD that the GN body kit and the hood are "Stand Alone" options on any Regal and he will have him sent the paperwork on Monday morning. The DTD let him race (cleaned my clock easily) and that was that. The following week I get sent a copy of a "corporate memo" stating just what the fellow had said that the GN body work and hood were "Stand Alone" options that could be had on any Regal. To make a long story short, a friend of mine wound up buying the car and with the paperwork that came with it was what came to be known as the "Billy" letter and a cover letter to my DTD complaining about the way that he was "abused" by me. Imagine that, me abusing somebody! You can put your own moral on this story.