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mclairmo · 07-29-2009, 12:34 AM

I buy all my parts from the Truck shop in Orange and they have awesome prices, especially during their once a year 10% off everything sale. I have a cowl hood on my 67 Camaro and it helps give me room for my 396 but I don't like them on 67-72 trucks, makes the front end look too chunky and cluttered and just does seem to look right on a truck. Cowl induction is for a muscle car, not for a truck. To each his own, though.

epashhans · 07-29-2009, 12:37 AM

Yeah, I am not a big fan on trucks either.

When is the 10% sale usually? Do they mail something out, or how do you find out?

wwotr · 07-29-2009, 06:18 PM

OK since I started this thread, I need to VENT!!!

I'm looking for (what I call) the "Cowl" that goes on at the Bottom of the Front Windshield and between the Hood/Windshield!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All my life I've been calling it a "Cowl" but when I search the Part Vendors, I always get COWL HOODS, and can't find what I', looking for.
Am I calling it by the right name or does NO ONE carry it...(unlikely).

;+(

Roger
RATIKLE"

mclairmo · 07-29-2009, 07:29 PM

I don't think it is being reproduced. Have to find it used. I call it the cowl panel.

wwotr · 07-29-2009, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mclairmo

I don't think it is being reproduced. Have to find it used. I call it the cowl panel.

Your ****TING ME!

No WONDER all the catalogs I look at, that part is "Whited/Grayed" out.

HMMMmmmm............. Maybe mine is not in THAT bad of shape after all.

Roger
"RATIKLE"

mclairmo · 07-29-2009, 07:37 PM

Nope, I'm not. I have seen used ones with no antenna hole for the guys who don't want to run an external antenna. Might be nice for that smooth look. On my Camaro I welded shut the cowl vents and smoothed the whole thing. Looks sweet like that. I think I may have seen a smoothed fiberglass version of the 67-72 truck cowl panel on Ebay, not sure though.

mclairmo · 08-03-2009, 07:31 PM

A day with new parts being delivered is like Christmas day. I just love getting parts in the mail. I have parts all over my house and I love it.

BP68 · 08-03-2009, 07:38 PM

I had my body man shave my wiper cowl. And I have a LMC cowl hood. Fit pretty good with a little adjusting/grinding on my aftermarket chrome hinges.
Check out my build thread for pics.
If you cowl is a little bent, might be a good one to shave completly.

ArkGL01 · 04-27-2012, 11:17 PM

I think that hood looks good!

BlacklandCamper · 10-13-2013, 11:05 PM

http://www.usbody.com/

They have steel and glass, steel for $469, shipping is direct.

http://www.carhoods.com/NavPages/Fe_ShipRates.htm

07-29-2009, 12:34 AM	#1
mclairmo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Take Off Posts: 1,908	Re: Cowl hoods for a 72 gmc I buy all my parts from the Truck shop in Orange and they have awesome prices, especially during their once a year 10% off everything sale. I have a cowl hood on my 67 Camaro and it helps give me room for my 396 but I don't like them on 67-72 trucks, makes the front end look too chunky and cluttered and just does seem to look right on a truck. Cowl induction is for a muscle car, not for a truck. To each his own, though.

07-29-2009, 12:37 AM	#2
epashhans Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: MT Posts: 319	Re: Cowl hoods for a 72 gmc Yeah, I am not a big fan on trucks either. When is the 10% sale usually? Do they mail something out, or how do you find out? __________________ '67 C-10 Shorty - 454, 5spd, and speed holes!

07-29-2009, 06:18 PM	#3
wwotr Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Clearlake Oaks CA Posts: 1,716	Re: Cowl hoods for a 72 gmc OK since I started this thread, I need to VENT!!! I'm looking for (what I call) the "Cowl" that goes on at the Bottom of the Front Windshield and between the Hood/Windshield!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All my life I've been calling it a "Cowl" but when I search the Part Vendors, I always get COWL HOODS, and can't find what I', looking for. Am I calling it by the right name or does NO ONE carry it...(unlikely). ;+( Roger RATIKLE" __________________ Hello members... I'd like you to know that I sold, my 72 GMC (Ratikle), back in November of 2011. I don't visit the site much anymore, but please feel free, to drop me a private message. RIP...."RATIKLE"

07-29-2009, 07:29 PM	#4
mclairmo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Take Off Posts: 1,908	Re: Cowl hoods for a 72 gmc I don't think it is being reproduced. Have to find it used. I call it the cowl panel.

07-29-2009, 07:37 PM	#6
mclairmo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Take Off Posts: 1,908	Re: Cowl hoods for a 72 gmc Nope, I'm not. I have seen used ones with no antenna hole for the guys who don't want to run an external antenna. Might be nice for that smooth look. On my Camaro I welded shut the cowl vents and smoothed the whole thing. Looks sweet like that. I think I may have seen a smoothed fiberglass version of the 67-72 truck cowl panel on Ebay, not sure though.

08-03-2009, 07:31 PM	#7
mclairmo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Take Off Posts: 1,908	Re: Cowl hoods for a 72 gmc A day with new parts being delivered is like Christmas day. I just love getting parts in the mail. I have parts all over my house and I love it.

08-03-2009, 07:38 PM	#8
BP68 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Olive Branch, MS Posts: 824	Re: Cowl hoods for a 72 gmc I had my body man shave my wiper cowl. And I have a LMC cowl hood. Fit pretty good with a little adjusting/grinding on my aftermarket chrome hinges. Check out my build thread for pics. If you cowl is a little bent, might be a good one to shave completly. __________________ 68 C10 Shortbed Fleetside 06 Chevy Ext Cab Fleetside 03 Grand Prix GTP My build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=269999

04-27-2012, 11:17 PM	#9
ArkGL01 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Nlr Arkansas Posts: 254	Re: Cowl hoods for a 72 gmc I think that hood looks good! __________________ really clean 72! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=531183[/url] also 1972 2wd blaze.

10-13-2013, 11:05 PM	#10
BlacklandCamper Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Farmersville, TX Posts: 238	Re: Cowl hoods for a 72 gmc http://www.usbody.com/ They have steel and glass, steel for $469, shipping is direct. http://www.carhoods.com/NavPages/Fe_ShipRates.htm __________________ Grunt: 1971 C20 Custom Camper. Runs/Drives/Kinda stops. 350Ci, TH350. 4.10:1 D60. Eight Lug LWB is more better. Hell no its not fast! Donkey: 93 Nissan D21, the farm truck. My 1/2 ton SWB. The Indomitable Datsun. 1st BN 3rd MAR. '00-'04



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