69 Camaro at Best of Show

[HWY Nova]

Originally Posted by ironworks

12 but I think they only had 9 winners this year. Jerry Magnuson's 32 went over pretty well you might say.

Speaking of Jerry...... You never told me how your trip went to Magna Charger.


--Eric

[HWY Nova]

Hey Matt,

Got any more progress pics on the hood?


--Eric

[Matt@BOS]

Originally Posted by HWY Nova

Hey Matt,

Got any more progress pics on the hood?


--Eric

I've got one picture! The hood is coming along, albeit kind of slowly because I wasn't as clear as I could have been on the design so Jeff had to go back a second time and rework some parts. The aluminum didn't really want to cooperate to begin with, and with something this thin, it was a bit of a nightmare to keep warping to a minimum, so as you can see, it is taking some time to straighten it out.

I would love to have a hood like this in carbon *cough*Tyler*cough*



Matt

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Originally Posted by 69MSA

I've got one picture! The hood is coming along, albeit kind of slowly because I wasn't as clear as I could have been on the design so Jeff had to go back a second time and rework some parts. The aluminum didn't really want to cooperate to begin with, and with something this thin, it was a bit of a nightmare to keep warping to a minimum, so as you can see, it is taking some time to straighten it out.

I would love to have a hood like this in carbon *cough*Tyler*cough*



Matt

me too *cough *sneeze *poop

you guys are insane. LOL

[speedshftr]

the hood reminds me of the scar camaro hood without the front opening

[Matt@BOS]

Originally Posted by speedshftr

the hood reminds me of the scar camaro hood without the front opening

I knew that connection was going to be inevitable . I've been wanting to do a hood for a while and was originally toying with a vent in the front, a la the Corvette C5R but then decided to go the other way when I saw the first photos of the Ferrari 599 GTO's hood and figured something like that would be easier to make and look more at home on a '69, especially on a car that already had the side "gills" opened up. For a while I thought of doing both, but figured it would be too busy. It certainly would have looked more SCARish if we'd done both ideas. To me SCAR's hood looks like it could have been the brainchild of Steve Saleen of Mustang tuning fame, who never met a gill or vent he didn't love. It just doesn't flow with the rest of the car, and however intentional that decision was (black hood on an orange car) it really annoys my eye. Sorry for the mini rant. It just got the better of me.

Matt

[Matt@BOS]

Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab

me too *cough *sneeze *poop

you guys are insane. LOL

Hey, how do you feel about signing a "please make this a carbon fiber part" petition?

Oh, I almost forgot today's pictures:



Matt

[speedshftr]

incredible progress

[GregWeld]

Matt --

Every time I see Scar all I can think of is "yep.. that name is real appropriate" Well.... that and WTF.

Glad you kept your hood vents clean and simple.