What’s in a hood?

[Nassau65]

Hoods really started to play an aggressive part of a cars styling in the mid sixties, and the corvette Sting Ray played along.
The all new “rat” 396ci motor was installed in the 1965 corvette, and buyers got a new design hood to announce that they had it.
The proud new owners could let everyone know they had the monster motor under their hood.
I never really liked the 1965 or the 1966 carry over design, but that’s just me.
Things all changed for the not supposed to be Sting Ray for 1967. Delays pushed back the all new corvette , so the old model got a little revamp. An all new beautiful big block hood was designed/produced for the 1967 model. It is thought of as the best corvette hood ever.
I must agree there.

 

[Nassau65]

I’ve always loved the “shaker” hood. First used on the 1969 mustang. Had one on my 428 cobra jet, and thought it was so cool. The Pontiac Trans Am adopted it along with Chrysler divisions for the 1970 model year. Only Pontiac carried on with it after the early 70’s tho.
The Chrysler shaker scoop as on the cuda was awesome.

 

[Chevrolet]

Had one on my 428 cobra jet, and thought it was so cool.

You've had some "tasty" cars Nassau, to say the least! Luuvvin the "hood pins" on the Stang & Cuda!

 

[Nassau65]

I must admit I have, wished I’d kept some of them. They were just old yanks back then, not the iconic things they are today.

Always liked hood pins as well, but my absolute favourite are Fords Twist locks as fitted to 69-73 mustangs. Bought a few sets of hood pins from John Wolfe racing and fitted them to various things in my youth.

 

[Nassau65]

My 69 cobra jet was red got it in 1978, Barry Sturgess lived just up the road, and he had a white 1970 428 CJ that morphed into the custom car G-Force.
Barry was a fantastic sprayer who really knew his stuff. I remember him spraying a silver LT1 corvette, that I saw many years later at the corvette annual show at syon park. Still looked fantastic

In the middle 1980’s during the Miami vice era, he had one of the seven RHD Daytona spyders in for painting. Now that cars a £4m yes Million car.

 

[Chevrolet]

In the middle 1980’s during the Miami vice era, he had one of the seven RHD Daytona spyders in for painting. Now that cars a £4m yes Million car.

Yes, Just looked that up, only 7 RHD factory built cars. Autokraft did some Coupe to Spyder conversions. Dont know how many?

 

[Nassau65]

Yes, Just looked that up, only 7 RHD factory built cars. Autokraft did some Coupe to Spyder conversions. Dont know how many?

Yes, Autocraft produced a quality reproduction product, using Jaguar running gear. The V12 looked pretty good in the engine bay..
The “7” are known as the “magnificent seven” in Ferrari circles.

The Miami vice cars used were one original for the beauty shots, and two others built on C3 corvette chassis by McBurnie coach craft. McBurnie again produced a quality product.

 

[Nassau65]

Real or not, it’s beautiful.

 

[Chevrolet]

Yes, Autocraft produced a quality reproduction product, using Jaguar running gear. The V12 looked pretty good in the engine bay..

I was thinking of the Coupe to Spyder conversions done by CP Autokraft/Brian Angliss (who died recently). He produced the AC (Mk4?) Cobras having secured the approval of Ford to use the Cobra name.
Bonhams Cars : 1971 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 'Daytona' Spyder conversion by Autokraft Chassis no. 14397

 

[Nassau65]

Yes, they are the same guys producing the reproductions. As you said, they converted factory coupes to spyders. They then made their own panels to produce actual cars using jaguar running gear.

By all accounts the factory ( Ferrari) spyders were very hard to sell in the UK.
Possibly due to price??

My friends dad bought a new coupe in 1971 or 72 can’t remember now. Traded it back to Ferrari for the all new 365BB Berlinetta Boxer in 1974.
We thought the BB was so cool and the Daytona was “old Hat”
He’s still got the BB. Hadn’t moved/started for 25 years, covered with stuff in the garage. He paid £12k for it in 1974.

 

[Roscobbc]

Loved the Torino's with Shaker hoods

By '71 the 'Shaker' had gone from the 'stangs, replaced by NACA 'scoops' and vacuum actuated internal hood flaps - hood pins were replaced by much safer Twist Locks

 

[Nassau65]

I liked the shape/look of the Torino’s, but was put off by their very very plain dash.

Loved their “Laser” side stripes tho.

Twist locks, love um. Don’t think any of the other “big three” manufacturers used them., only Ford.

 

[Nassau65]

I also loved rear window slats.

 

[Nassau65]

But NOT on C3 corvettes.

 

[Nassau65]

Just thinking
Shaker hoods, twist locks, rear slats, side exhausts, Wolfe race wheels, I’m stuck in the past. Oh well, sometimes it’s a nice place to be.

 

[Nassau65]

Another favourite of mine
The fish tail exhaust on V12 E-types

 

[Roscobbc]

I liked the shape/look of the Torino’s, but was put off by their very very plain dash.

Loved their “Laser” side stripes tho.

Twist locks, love um. Don’t think any of the other “big three” manufacturers used them., only Ford.

Yes your 100% correct there......Ford back then had some real crappy interiors - even the 'standard' Mustang interior was so, so drab - yes you'd see Torino's with bench seats and manuals with 'stick' shift!

 

[Roscobbc]

Another favourite of mine
The fish tail exhaust on V12 E-types
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Definately styled for the 'septics'................much like this

 

[Nassau65]

Yes your 100% correct there......Ford back then had some real crappy interiors - even the 'standard' Mustang interior was so, so drab - yes you'd see Torino's with bench seats and manuals with 'stick' shift!

The first Torino’s used in Starsky and Hutch had a bench seat. They had to be replaced as David Soul aka Hutch kept sliding about during the car chases .

 

[Nassau65]

The Dodge challenger hood from the early 70’s is another good looking hood especially with the satin black out treatment. It certainly makes the car “look” faster standing still.