I just purchased a 1970 SS 396 Chevelle with 23,000 original miles I purchased it from the secom=nd owner who bought the car from the original owner in 1971. I know the car since about 1974. The question I have is the car was made during the last week in May and it does not have cowl induction but it does have hood pins in it. The car has never been hit or had any bodywork and the past owner said that was how he got it in 1971. I have all the documentation including the P-O-P and as I said I remember the car since 74. From what I understand they say these hoods never came with pins in 1970 but they did in 1971. Could this be an end of old stock/start of new stock change since this was the end of the proiduction year?

Could have been a dealer add on I'm guessing?

I don't think hoodpins came on non cowl hoods any year but I'm not expert and they sure look better pinned, I added them to my 71 when it went for body/paint

I'm by no means the expert on Chevelles, but this discussion has come up before and I took note, because I have a non-cowl induction LS-5 without hood pins. The answer was that non-cowl induction cars didn't get hood pins -- but that it was possible the dealer could've installed them on some rare instances. Perhaps your 396 is one of those cars?

I seriously doubt it would have been anything to get a dealer to install them...I've heard of custom paint options ect, so I doubt a $10 pair of hood pins that went on some factory cars anyway would cause so much as a flinch if it helped sell a car.

Originally posted by thunderstruck507:
I seriously doubt it would have been anything to get a dealer to install them...I've heard of custom paint options ect, so I doubt a $10 pair of hood pins that went on some factory cars anyway would cause so much as a flinch if it helped sell a car. Don't you wish that car dealers today were still willing to go that extra mile to sell a car?? Truly customizing a car today, from the factory, just isn't an option. :rolleyes:

I am only 19 and my dads a mechanic, so I have never had the "luxury" of a new car...not that there's anything on a lot today I'd rather have than my Chevelle anyway...so I don't know how options work.

Guess they're more concerned with keeping production cost down and still ripping the consumer (again my dad's a mechanic, I've see the "engineering" of plastic)

some items that stick out in my mind: plastic parts in 4x4 Dodge front axles (never put big tires on one and try to play with it in the mud), $150 and up fuel pumps (mine is under $20), my cousin had a 2003 Hyndai Tiburon in a fender bender-$600 for drivers side headlamp bezel and lens(2 parts :eek: )

I can't count the times my dad hands me small plastic and metal pieces for any make and model that cost upwards of $20

I think I'll stick with my old car thank you graemlins/thumbsup.gif