Need a Fiber Glass Hood...

[tuekwik]

Need a fiber glass hood for my truggy, any suggestions on SD shops. Thanks.

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[baja619]

The whole car has aluminum body panels.

Is there any particular reason why you want fiberglass for the hood?

FiberwerX is located in El Cajon and we can make you a custom hood.

call the shop and make an appointment with Jason to bring it down if you are interested. We can work out the details for you

619.654.4451
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[tuekwik]

The rest of the car is aluminum, I thought a fiber glass hood would be easier to fab up than an alum one. Is one more expensive than the other?

[baja619]

Well, in most cases an aluminum piece is crafted 1st. And from there a plug would be made or improved on for the final piece that you are looking for.

I believe cars like Penhall, HMS, and others originally had a tin body created and then they could easily reproduce as many copies of the body for the next cars in production, w/o all the intensive labor of hand crafting a custom aluminum body for each car.

If you wanted to create a very simple template or plug and then hand that over we could mock up the nose / improve on the design if you wish / and then give you back the original. This process is much more economical (Then FiberwerX creating a one off piece from scratch) plus the customer will get exactly what he is looking for.

[tuekwik]

Thanks for the input.

[DRIVE Jon]

Nice looking front engine buggy.

Did you buy that from someone in Ocotillo Wells?

Hope you can find a hood. I would go aluminum...for fire issues, and probably cheaper to fab.

Unless you can find a hood from another buggy that will work.