1st Gen Camaro L88 Hood Questions

[AWSM502]

Hello Everyone,

I just came across a 1st Gen L88 hood that I believe is a vintage 60's or 70's piece. How can I tell if this was made by one of the venders BM used?

It looks like it was laid in green fiberglass. It has 4 hood pins, but has threads for hinges.

Did BM use the L88 air box, or did they just leave the hood open underneath? This one looks like someone had a full size air box in it, as there are holes from screws around the inner perimeter.

I have attached some pics (I hope).

Thanks!

Keith

[AWSM502]

Here is a pic of the bottom.

[AWSM502]

So, no L88 hood experts out there?

I saw some Dick Harrel Nova's at Carlisle this year that had L88 hoods with the Corvette air box in them, and was just wondering if Motion did the same thing.

I also would really like to know how to tell a vintage hood from one that may have been made in the '80's or '90's.

Thanks!

Keith

[PxTx]

One of my sisters has a similar hood on her Camaro. Yours appreas to be older and similar to hers. I did not paint the car and can't comment about the color of the gel coat or resin, but the frame on the underside is consistant with hers. My guess would be 1970's.

Can anyone comment on when the L88 hoods lost popular appeal? It seemed for a long time, Cowl Induction was the only way to go. I'm sure looking through some old mgs will give you the clues.

It would be hard to tell if one of these hoods were made today or a few decades back if they followed the means and methods of making them as they did in the late 60's or so. I am not aware of anyone doing this, which really doesn't mean much.

There was a company called Fastglas which was local to me and they did supply parts to Joel. I beleive the hood on Eileen's Camaro is one of theirs. Their biggest volume was in the 1970's and they lost a lot of molds in a fire about 1983 IIRC.

I have seen later versions of the hoods Fastglas made and they changed the way the captured bolts for the hood hinges were installed. Maybe due to the new molds maybe for better production methods. The later ones has some sort of pop-rivet retainer for those bolts.

So this is an interesting question about this hood. Why do you ask?

[AWSM502]

Thanks for the reply.

I rescued this hood from a guy that was going to cut the L88 portion out and graft to to a late 70's Camaro he was working on. So at the moment I am satisfied with it as garage art on my wall - as I've always been a fan of this style hood. It seams to be hard to find one's that are "full length".

Ultimately it may make it onto one of my families 1st gens. But if this is a real period hood, I'm not sure if I would put it on just any 1st gen car.

It would just be nice to verify what I have. I thought there might be a manufacture's ID or P/N molded in it somewhere, but there is absolutely no ID markings on it at all.

The good thing is other than some small sheet metal screw holes on the underside, it appears unmolested.

Keith

[RichSchmidt]

I love the L-88 hoods.The Z/28 style cowl is so overdone on just about every kind of car out there.The L-88 has no body line down the middle which makes it look better on cars with no lne on the hood.I have one on my 73 Firebird and will be putting one on my 73 Camaro when it is done.

A few years back I cut a snorkle scoop off a first gen hood that looked like your L88 underneath.It was a lift off though,and only had framing around the outer edgesIt was an old Moroso hood from the late 70's.Moroso dint make a lot of the stuff they sold,so I am pretty sure it was done by a supplier.That hood was sagging badly and most newer hoods have a lot more bracing in them.I would say that yours in pretty old.

[Dog427435]

When I purchased my ’69 (in ’78) it had that exact hood on it - same hood pin set up & underside
The hood was several years old at that time – I was told it was an A&A unit