[kgaffney]

I'm looking to put a fiberglass cowl induction hood on my '67 Camaro. Anyone have any suggestions on the best place to go to get one. Also, would love to hear some opinions on the fiberglass/steel debate. The car sees mostly street use.
If I go glass, what else needs to be changed (springs, hinges...)?
Thanks.

[Austin]

There is weight savings, but they also tend to need a pretty good amount of work to make them straight (most are pretty wavey). If you get a lift off hood you'll see the most in weight savings, but they are a pain in the a** because you will need help or time to remove hood. The bolt on models some you remove the springs and use a prob rod, while others produce a low tension spring to use in place of the factoy spring (most have inserts to install latch make sure to ask) If you decide to go fiberglass don't get cheap there are many low quality parts out there. The low quality ones will only give you weight savings I know a few people that spent less money and then ended up unhappy with the product look and fit. I've heard the Harwood units are pretty good, bolt on models are about $500.00 though.

[MikeDF80]

I got a fiberglass cowl hood through Denny's camaro parts(www.dennyscamaro.com). It is a bolt on, and it has place for the factory hood latch. You do have to cut a hole for part of the latch assembly. You also have to open up the cowl scoop on the back of the hood. These are all very easy procedures and they only took me about an hour and a half. The hood is free of ripples, and it only cost me about $380. I used low tension springs from Jegs. They worked great.