I found a 1983 Z28 hood (I think) in a wrecking yard, it's fiberglass! Are they rare? Cuz it's in good shape and my 86 Z28 being a Canadian car is starting to need a hood badly!

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'82 and '83 Z28's with the Crossfire Injection 305's had the composite hood you're describing. Good hood! It should also have removable vents by the scoops, too.

 

Yep, all 82s and 83s had those fiberglass hoods. Hell, 83 cross-fire cars are almost rare themselve but ain't worth sh*t. There is a recall out there for those hoods also. I don't know how serious it was but what would happen is that the 2 sheets would separte during vehicle operation .

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All 82 & 83 Z28's got the fiberglass hood. Only the CFI cars got the functional ones. the hoods are rare and desireable. They go for a good amount of money. But I bet that junkyard won't let it go cheap.

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As said above, they are rare and desirable, but the bad part is that they weigh almost the same as a metal hood. If you can get it for under $100 i'd jump on it. BTW- Isn't $100 USD like $350 CAN?

 

Well, I haven't bought it yet, but the wrecker wants $100.00 CDN for it!

I'll have to look into that recall, maybe they would change the hood, or just epoxy the pieces so they won't separate.

Thanks all!

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"Yea, though I walk through the valley of rice,
I shall fear no turbo, for torque art with me."
86 Z28 LG4 AUTO
79 Malibu 357 1/4:11.56@116mph
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Third Watch Squadron

 

I found one in the junkyard and it only cost me $20. I had to reinforce the braces along the sides with new fiberglass matting. After that I cut the hole in it and mounted a scoop. I also had to fill the indents on the hood that were in front of the scoop.

Not as light as a good aftermarket one but a lot cheaper. It's been the only fiberglass hood I've seen in the junkyards.

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