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I am in the process of buying a fiberglass hood and I am wanting to use my stock hood hinges with the springs removed. Anyone else done this? If so did you have to add any extra reinforcement?
Have not purchased anything yet. Just trying to research options and "gotcha's" before I spend any money. My project is moving along and I need to make some decisions and get parts ordered soon.Did you get your hood from Glassman? As far as i know ,he is the only source for 62 fiberglass parts. I'm contemplating a glass hood and bumpers for my 62 too.
Obviously I am not only missing something but clueless to boot.There ia a guy up in North Salem with a vivid imagination.You might try talking to a few of him
on my '65,i am using an AAR stinger fiberglass hood,,pinned onto the stock hood hinges and of course up front also..did not have to reinforce anything,,just set the height with rubber hose...now it opens the hinged way with a prop rod,,and can take it completely off in a matter of seconds,,Have not purchased anything yet. Just trying to research options and "gotcha's" before I spend any money. My project is moving along and I need to make some decisions and get parts ordered soon.
I have been looking at your web page and noticed that the weights of your products are not mentioned. Additionally, there has been mention on this forum of different weights race vs street and as you mentioned that there are options that allow for bolt-on vs pin-on. I wonder if it might be beneficial to create a post here to address these options and their construction. Looks like you have some items for the '62 to '65 cars that no one else does and this seems to be the biggest forum for those cars specifically. It would have made my decision easier, better informed and resulted in a more expedited sale if that information was readily available here or somewhere you could link to. Just my 2cents FWIW.This is Larry at Sled City. All fiberglass hoods will bow eventually if hinged. We can brace them up and delay the bow for a couple more years. My clients use an aluminum angle bonded to the underside of the hood with 2 holes to bolt to the hinge. There was a guy on this site that had a 64 Dodge and all my parts on it and he hinged the hood and trunk and showed it very clearly. He was using a modern day Hemi either supercharged or turbo charged. Last I heard of the car it was for sale on here. Beautiful dark Blue 64 Dodge Polara.We make all of the 62 Dodge and Plymouth parts you need. Hoods, hoods with scoops,your choice, trunks, bumpers, fenders, lower front valances. Right now in stock I have 3 sizes of Max Wedge scoops, and a 62 Plymouth Hood with a stock size Max Wedge scoop. Give us a call here at Sled City