[DeTomaso] Fiberglass Hoods

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/27/08 8:18:01 PM, rfmccall at comcast.net writes:


> How many of you have 'glass hoods on your Panteras? Can you e-mail me a 
> picture and answer a few questions? Who made it? How is the fit? Cost?
> Do any of you have a hood for sale? Glass OR steel?
> 
We run a '80s Long & Newman glass hood once used on replica Panteras. The fit 
is fine except for the windshield end. All the 'glass hoods I've seen are so 
flexible that when latched, the center moves down under latch pressure but the 
ends don't due to the stiffness of the trunk weatherstripping, giving a 
'flat' look to the assembly on the car. The vents are built-in and are only 
decorative 'cause they're so small that little air passes through them. But they are 
modify-able. Long & Newman went out of business after a couple of years; 
rarely, one shows up on E-Bay. I'd call all the vendors- especially PPC-Reno, who 
acquired the molds for all sorts of 'glass body parts and has redesigned some 
of them. FWIW, real kevlar or carbon fiber/epoxy is much stiffer than 
fiberglas/polyester-with-carbon-overlay, but is also much more expensive. And such 
parts cannot be made in CA due to evil emissions from curing resins, so you wind 
up eating shipping costs from 'somewhere else'. Good luck- J Deryke



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