Hood jewelry on 1965 Belvedere.

[493 Mike]

Hi fellas,
I'm looking for opinions on chrome hood trim with a scoop. I'm trying for a classy appearance and the scoop sort of screws that up. I do not want a "race car" style but I had to add a scoop for clearance. The scoop will be painted silver to match the upper body color. I plan on reinstalling the "PLYMOUTH" letters and all the Belvedere trim sans the "Belvedere II side script and rocker panel strips

and I'm adding Quik-Latch locking, push button hood pins ("658-QL-38L-LP/P").
I think the above items will blend nicely with the scoop but, I fabbed and chrome plated a hood ornament to use before I realized a scoop was necessary. Do you fellas think I can run the ornament or will it be too "busy"?
I will need to weld shut the extra hole before paint if I'm deleting the ornament.
Mike

 

[PRND21]

If I remember, they deleted the ornament on the 65 Hemi cars. If your using hood pins, I think I would fill the hole. Just my opinion. My reasoning for using a B engine in my 65 was to have clearance to not have a hole in the hood. It’ll look good either way.

 

[747mopar]

I don't think the ornament would look right sitting in front of the scoop but that's just me.I do love the scoop and think the lettering should provide all the decor needed.

 

[Steve009]

I had purchased the short hood spear and hood emblem for my 64 but when I went to set it up with the scoop it just didn't look right. I ended up filling the hole so that's my 2 cents.

 

[65hemi]

No hood ornament on mine, just a scoop.