Is a 1970-72 SS induction hood worth a $1000? The hood is in excellent shape with the door intact/chrome present.

Seems a little high and shipping would make it a tough deal at that price.

sounds way high to me unless it comes with all the hardware to make it functional, or its NOS.

Dont you mean cowl induction? And that is way to much for some hood.

Is a 1970-72 SS induction hood worth a $1000? The hood is in excellent shape with the door intact/chrome present.

An original hood in perfect shape might be worth this, especially since all reproductions do not fit as good as original and are somewhat lighter metal. Pick one up, you can really feel the difference. If it is a true 1970 Hood with the smaller openings in the hood frame underneath (where the hood insulation goes), this could make it worth even more to a collector looking for absolute authenticity. Note I say in perfect shape, as if it is not perfect, it will not be wanted by anyone willing to pay this kind of money. To everyone else, it is overpriced.

Jeff Dotterer
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I agree, its over priced and there is no guarantee it is as perfect as you think. A friend on mine had a 1970 NOS GM hood from years ago he preped it painted it and got it all perfect for the car. Then the glue on the underside of the hood released after 30 some odd years and he had a big hump just in front of the COWL induction part and he got to do it again. So for me its a Goodmark hood.

An original hood in perfect shape might be worth this, especially since all reproductions do not fit as good as original and are somewhat lighter metal. Pick one up, you can really feel the difference. If it is a true 1970 Hood with the smaller openings in the hood frame underneath (where the hood insulation goes), this could make it worth even more to a collector looking for absolute authenticity. Note I say in perfect shape, as if it is not perfect, it will not be wanted by anyone willing to pay this kind of money. To everyone else, it is overpriced.

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What are these smaller openings you speak of? :)

LK

I am interested in more info on the smaller openings aswell. I have a functional cowl on my Elky now an it came with non functional so when the time comes to swap I would like to know what I have to offer.

Thanks,
Timothy

I'm taking a stab here, but I think he's referring to the gap between the upper and lower portion of the hood where the hood insulation is installed inbetween to fit into the hood.

I only think that because I believe my hood to be original and the opening was actually too tight to install the installation properly, I had to get a little creative with trimming.

I have some photos at home. If I recall correctly the triangle shaped openings on the front on the bottom of the hood are smaller on the original hoods.

Dana is correct, the difference Jeff is relating to is the front triangle openings only. The 71-72 hoods have an uneven cut-out for the hood insulation whereas 70 hoods are consistent cut-outs for the front insulation.
Chris

I think it's photo time. (although I'm cringing a bit now)

I have some photos at home. If I recall correctly the triangle shaped openings on the front on the bottom of the hood are smaller on the original hoods.


Post em' up, You got me curious now. :confused:

LK

I'll have to dig them out. I forgot to do this last night...I'll try to remember tonight.

Sorry guys. I looked for almost an hour last night and cannot find those photos. I know I have them. If I stumble across them, I will post them.

I was at a car show today and the right across from my Elky was to SS Chevelle's. One had repro hood and one had factory hood, both were non functional. My Elky has a functional cowl on it now. Here is a link to my webshot's folder where I put some pics of each hood. I think my functional cowl is a factory GM peice, what do you think?

hood underside pics (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2117191930033127687HfzOoC?vhost=rides)

Timothy

I have a later stamped GM hood, GM service replacement. Last year I was at the Peach state show and looked at about 10-12 of these hoods, almost all were different from each other. Some were original 70 hoods, one was a later GM service hood (like mine), some were Goodmark, I dont which were which but I was surprised at all the different inner structures.
Ron

Yours is a factory GM. The under side of the GM cowl induction hoods are made of three pieces of sheet metal, repops are two. Yours is made of three pieces.

That was what I thought and was hoping. Thanks Seth

Timothy

I found a different hood picture on an ebay ad. It clearly shows smaller triangles in the front.

What does this mean?

What's this hood? (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2431526710033127687VoCZqS?vhost=rides)

I found a different hood picture on an ebay ad. It clearly shows smaller triangles in the front.

What does this mean?

What's this hood? (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2431526710033127687VoCZqS?vhost=rides)

If you look at the photo of this hood, the front two insulation pockets in the underside of the hood have the inset lip running all the way around the opening, in a sense, making it smaller. I just recently viewed a late April 70 Atlanta built SS396 that was original paint which had the larger opening that does not have this inset lip running the full way around the hood insulation opening. This is the earliest application I have found on the large opening, and all 71-72 cars seem to have the larger opening as well. Remember that different plants may have changed their dies at different times, so an Atlanta car may not change at the same time as Maybe a Baltimore one would.

Jeff Dotterer
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