Flat hood or 2" cowl on my 71 Nova??

[camcojb]

I like the cowl hood, on a car that had that option from the factory like a first gen Camaro or 70 Chevelle. The only exception is Brian Hobaugh's 73 Camaro; maybe because the scoop is flat black or because of the monster flares, but it looks great to me on that car.

I would either run an SS hood or flat hood on the Nova, just looks right to me.

[rchaskin]

The stock Nova front end is just so plain.

I run a 2" Goodmark Cowl hood and a Spoilers by Randy front spoiler on my 71.

Both were reatively low cost and make a huge difference!!
These both look like factory parts IMO as well.

Good luck.

[Bad94]

Originally Posted by rchaskin

The stock Nova front end is just so plain.

I run a 2" Goodmark Cowl hood and a Spoilers by Randy front spoiler on my 71.

Both were reatively low cost and make a huge difference!!
These both look like factory parts IMO as well.

Good luck.

Please post a pic of the car with the spoiler.


I have a cowl hood on my car, and i would like to get a stock hood for it.

[dwilson]

I say keep the stock hood, cut yourself some downward sloped, reversed vents, then put some mesh behind them....bam....you have yourself a sick looking custom/stock hood! check out Matts (I think) ride in the most recent issue of camaro performers!

[vdrivinmike]

I went with the stock hood....but I wanted more of a sleeper look.



But, I agree with the above - Blakes' cowl is just plain bad-ass looking.

[rchaskin]

You cant have the sleeper look with Fiske wheels!!!!

Your car looks killer.

Do you have a build thread anywhere?

Randy

[vdrivinmike]

Originally Posted by rchaskin

You cant have the sleeper look with Fiske wheels!!!!

Your car looks killer.

Do you have a build thread anywhere?

Randy

Randy: Thanks for the kind words.

Cris at JCG Restorations built my car - and deserves all of the credit. He has a "JCG Customer Car Projects" type thread on here which has most of the details.

My Nova is definitely on the milder, mostly "bolt-on stuff" side of things. But I LOVE IT.

I think that is all that really matters

[novanutcase]

I've never been a big fan of cowl hoods unless you're running equipment underneath that requires the extra clearance. I guess it's an issue of function over form for me.

I saw an '04 Mustang with an 8" cowl hood. Looked mean. When he opened the hood and I see a V6.......well....you know the rest!

I also like that the flat hood gives the car a more sleek almost sectioned look versus a cowl hood.

JMO

John

[Ummgawa]

A cowl hood looks good on a dump truck, golf cart, or even a tractor. Sounds like you've made your decision and the Nova still looks wicked, thumbs up dude.

[richs71nova]

took all the replies into consideration! here's the start of the custom flat hood

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