69 motion hood.....

[resto4u]

How was the hood attached at the hinges? Studs and nuts or bolts as a regular stock hood from factory? This hood is very rough underneath, not very appealing for show quality. Jeff, the hood is off of a car that was wrecked. This is what i was told. I am doing some investigating to see what i can find. The hood came from a car collector in the chicago area, he now lives in kentucky. He had a yenko camaro and other camaro's and sold them off to buy vettes. From what i have learned, it appears to be real. I just got it and have to look it over closer. Roger

[rat tuned]

are any of these companies still in business? I have an article of a 69 motion chevelle that has what looks like a 69 SS hood with a stinger scoop molded into it. I would like to purchase 1 if they are still available. thanx

[COPO]

Legendary is still in business. They are located in PA. I recently bought a stinger hood from them for my 69 Motion Camaro.

[bbdon]

I did a web search, and found this address:

Legendary Cars & Trucks
2065-D Bunnell Road
Warrington, PA 18976

(215) 491-1717 phone
(215) 491-1720 fax

[resto4u]

I looked at my hood some more. The bottom was painted black,paint chips off in places. The fiberglass is a pea green color. Is that accurate with an original hood? Roger

[Rat_Pack]

Roger, The color of the fiberglass is actually a combination of the color of gelcoat and the color of the resin used. Most of these hoods were done with black, lt grey, or dk grey gelcoat and then clear or amber colored resin was used to bond the fiberglass mat together. Also most of the time a colored MEKP (hardner) was used so that you could tell if the batch of resin you were using was "kicked" or not. That will also change the color of the resin. I would not go by the color of any of these things as a guide. Check your email as I have given a better description for you there.................RatPack................

[rat tuned]

thanx bbdon and copo. how was the quality of the stinger hood you purchased? tia again mike

[MotownMadman]

Rodger, You have Email with a photo.
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[JoeC]

There were many companies making fiberglass parts in the 60s and 70s and most of them didn't put any ID on them but a few did. I have a 67-69 Camaro deck lid made by A&I and there is a card molded in with their name on it and dated 1969. It is very rough looking on the bottom. The old hoods didn't stand up very well. I talked to a guy who was the second owner of a 68 Motion Camaro and he told me that one day while running at high speed on the highway the hood split in half and flew off the car and it had hood pins on it. I have seen a few old glass hoods at swap meets and they were stress cracking and look like they got brittle with age. I don't think many of the original hoods survived.

[resto4u]

Thanks for your replies, and matt for the pic. I am going to take some pics and try to post. Thanks, roger