72 Hood Mod Discussion

[sick472]

I have a wild hair to modify my hood on my 72. One of the hoods I have is oil-canning real bad on the top drivers side, the other is rusted through low along the front. This has led to the wild hair...What if I took the top 1/2" (or 1") of the rusted hood and grafted it onto the hood that has a floppy top. Both hoods could be repaired but the repairs might take as much work as the mod.

This would give the hood a beefier more muscle look, but at 1/2" taller might not be real obvious or absurd.

I have attached two photos where I have blocked up the hood (1-1/2 inched mind you) to help visualize the change. keep in mind that the body lines of the hood sides would stay as original, only the upper portion would grow upwards.

I think the upper portion would slide back a little so that the front and sides would match up, but that would cause the back to overhang the cowl vent a little. This mod could be taken to a full functioning cowl hood induction, but I probably would not go that far.

BTW, my truck is so far from original, I am not worried about ruining the VIN. In fact, it has several years worth of body parts and a Pontiac 400 engine. What do you restomod'rs have to say?