Cowl Hood Trim

[fltinstructor]

What have members done when using a cowl hood and you have the trim on top of the doors and the corners of the front fenders? Is there anything available for cowl hoods trim in the rear? I have a 2 inch cowl hood I am using

 

[xten]

Same here on my 77. I was thinking of buying an A/M rear hood molding and cutting it where the cowl part of the hood goes vertical. On my list of things to do...

 

[rotinrob]

You will need to make one, might be able to use parts of a Camaro flat hood and pieces of a Chevelle cowl hood molding. Kind of surprised that the hood importer didn't consider that when the made the hood. I haven't tried for my car yet as I was going to go back to the flat hood when I can get around to reskinning or replacing my original hood (someone cut a big hole in it at one time in its life). I never liked the rib down the center and I have the stock low-rise intake on the car so don't need the room. Also what do people do about the windshield washer nozzles?

rotin

 

[xten]

You will need to make one, might be able to use parts of a Camaro flat hood and pieces of a Chevelle cowl hood molding. Kind of surprised that the hood importer didn't consider that when the made the hood. I haven't tried for my car yet as I was going to go back to the flat hood when I can get around to reskinning or replacing my original hood (someone cut a big hole in it at one time in its life). I never liked the rip down the center and I have the stock low-rise intake on the car so don't need the room. Also what do people do about the windshield washer nozzles?

rotin

I was just going to cut and taper them at the vertical on the raised part of the hood. The part I think that looks bad is the trim on the fenders and doors, and not continuing on the rear of the hood. Not sure if the Chevelle cowl is the same configuration or height as the A/M Camaro cowl hood.
I don't have any need for the washer nozzles, but there have been a few threads here over the years about poking them through the cowl screen, attaching them to the cowl, under the hood, and even adapting the ones that attach to the wiper arms.
Same here with the hole in the hood. PO showed me a pic of my 77 when he bought it. BBC with a tunnel ram and 2 Holley carbs sticking out of the stock hood.

 

[ChevyReb]

You will need to make one, might be able to use parts of a Camaro flat hood and pieces of a Chevelle cowl hood molding. Kind of surprised that the hood importer didn't consider that when the made the hood. I haven't tried for my car yet as I was going to go back to the flat hood when I can get around to reskinning or replacing my original hood (someone cut a big hole in it at one time in its life). I never liked the rib down the center and I have the stock low-rise intake on the car so don't need the room. Also what do people do about the windshield washer nozzles?

rotin

Try a search on that a member posted a solution to that here. Used some black plastic and fastened to the cowl plastic grill cover and looked very presentable.

 

[$ Mike 70 Z-28]

What i did was cut the molding in 2. used each side between the scoop

 

[xten]

What i did was cut the molding in 2. used each side between the scoop

That was my plan that I tried to explain in post # 4. lol. The part that bothers me most is it ends abruptly at the front of the door. Looks unfinished. Would you have a pic of how that came out Mike?

 

[$ Mike 70 Z-28]

That was my plan that I tried to explain in post # 4. lol. The part that bothers me most is it ends abruptly at the front of the door. Looks unfinished. Would you have a pic of how that came out Mike?

 

[xten]

Hey thanks. That was what I was gonna do too. Now that looks good!

 

[Gary t]

Hi, glad I signed back on. Thanks for the pics. I'm going to try that too.