Interesting topic ... oh how times have changed !

A CF bolt on hood ??!!... and the huge cost diff between that and a regular poly hood !

I believe any fiberglass part may not fit perfect . In my case I did buy a cowl hood for my 70 cuda from Unlimited. It was shipped very quick by truck freight in a big box. Quality wise I found all the ranting about poor quality Unlimited products was completely false. The top surface was smooth with no pits or waves, It fit square in the hood opening with the proper gap along the front and along the sides of the fenders. Contour was even along the top of the fenders . All that was needed as with all is a light sanding ,primer and ready for paint. Maybe they made a mistake and built something right, mine was right.

Our old VFN hood with a Harwood cowl attached was 36lb..... granted remembering the structure it may have been able to have hinges attached to it. It was a pita (like most lift offs) to remove by yourself.

This pict is my Unlimited Products race weight hood. It’s 14lb with paint and Quik latches. Side gaps a bit wide, but I prefer that as it eases install. No complaints and their bumper fit great too!

I have a 5" tall Glasstek cowl hood on my '70 cuda. It is a very nice quality bolt on hood...been on the car since 2003. I haven't weighed it, but I'd say it might save 25 lbs. from the stock dual scoop hood. Just a guess.
It is definitely no lightweight piece. Used to have a piece of crap MAS lift off 6 pack hood on the car and it was WAYYYY lighter. Like I said though, it was a flimsy piece of crap.

"JCC, the magic question:
Who makes a CF '70 Cuda bolt-on hood, and how much ?"





The question really should be, who is willing to make a CF hood?
The molds are interchangeable.
The cost is not as much higher then most think, material cost wise,its affordable, but CF often is like buying anything "marine", price doubles...
One big difficulty with CF is if the customer wants the "CF look", that becomes difficult, and in small production runs, incurs a number of cosmetic "seconds" to get the CF lay/pattern right:.
If a painted finish is the goal, makes a simple layup, with all the benefits.
Additionally because of the increase cure time of epoxy over polyester resin, turn around time on the mold is extended somewhat,
Biggest problem that i see, shops are "afraid", and they shouldn't be.
I have switched over to CF, and will likely never go back.
Don't mean to mislead anybody, I do it only as a hobby.
I know i only beat around the bush on your question.

Very Interesting jcc ..... I'm probably going to be shelving my CarrotVan project for a 61-2 4 door or wagon .... post a pic of that hood if you would

Did you use their bumper brackets or make your own? What color is that bumper??

Brian I’m a huge fan of Lingenfelter Brackets.... I actually tested one of his very first runs and they’re light and they fit! I had a huge box of them for a couple years and displayed and sold a few sets out here in the west. It was cool of Jeff to trust me with that and I was glad to help spread the word....

The bumper.... Al’s son tried to paint it with that Eastwood “chrome”, but it basically came out bright silver. If a guy wants “chrome” I think the wrap stuff will get you there. I don’t mind the silver

FWIW.... my Unlimited Products use come from the fact that I’m only 3hrs away from them. If they sold me a pos I wouldn’t have any issues about taking a day off to “visit” them. I really felt there would be no issue as a friend in Vegas has 3 of their hoods on his and his daughters A bodies. The lightweight hood I have you could see light through it. It’s starting to get some stress cracks, but I expected that. No complaints

Lol, I know what you mean about the MAS. I had to add a hood pin in the center to keep the hood from looking like it'd break at over 40mph. With that said though, I love my MAS hood, been on since 2003 or so. It's a feather weight and easy to remove, I need to find a someone to make the scoop taller now for dominator clearance now.

I'll dig some pics up after Turkey, Happy Thanksgiving