Dr Strangelove

Hmm. This has me thinking about protecting my aluminum hood. Can someone give me a recommended source for CF hoods?

-Bruce

Slantnose!

I got mine form AIR...

bauerjab

The worth of an aluminum hood has always baffled me.

When I got the 964 cup car last year, I was told (by numerous people) to store the aluminum hood because it was so valuable. I did and got a fiberglass hood. I got one from Getty (not sure of the price - maybe $500-700) and it works great.

So really.. what is all the fuss about an aluminum hood. If it's merely weight, I am fairly sure the fiberglass hood is no heavier and, as posted above, a CF hood is lighter.

So please make my day and let me know why my aluminum hood sitting in my basement is so "valuable."

dave morris

Suspect it's valuable in a defensive sense. When you decide to sell your car, it will have more "value" if all the original equipment is included. I'd guess a Euro Cup w/o an aluminum hood is worth quite a bit less then a $2500 delta.

dave morris

An alternative would be to simply substitute a stock steel GP white hood. Pretty easy to find. This route has potential to be a lot cheaper when you add up the prep and painting cost of a f/g hood.

Don't think you race your car, but it might be worth noting that in PCA stock class a f/g hood would not be legal. A steel hood is.

elbeee964

I'd venture aluminum's perceived value premium now is mostly a vestige of a time when epoxy-matrices, while lighter, were also less durable/enduring.

(Aluminum's strength today will be unchanged tomorrow. Not so with the early matrices/epoxies. They were more race-duty-ephemeral in expected stability. For longevity's sake, they'd only 'go south' with time. So, aluminum could be counted on more than epoxy-based composites to last. And that gave it perceived value over 'glass'.)

Today, epoxy strength lifetimes are pretty profound. For all intents, nearing aluminum's.
But aluminum's (quasi-romantic?) 'value'-legacy endures.
I appreciate both side's arguments. (My wallet has its own favorite.)

bgiere

i got a GT Racing FG hood for mine and stuck the aluminum one in the basement...i had no idea until i was at a NASA race at Mid-Ohio and someone told me I was crazy for racing it with the aluminum hood stiill on it.

ltc

aluminum hood...wooden floorboards...nostalgia

pu911rsr

Simple it's what the car came out the factory with. The Al decklids that came on 69-71 911's are worth 4K and up. The value in this is not hot rodding a normal C2 but for someone who needs a replacement for a car that came with one. When correct cars get more and more rare the prices for the parts to make them whole become a lot more valuable once the factory no longer supplies them. Also I should note this hood has the windshield sprayer set up so it must of come off a 993, I was not aware of that difference thanks for pointing it out.
Phil

Robert Linton

ITC - I've modernized -- carbon fiber hood, titanium prop rod, carbon fiber floor boards.

pete000

Show off !

pu911rsr

Let's get back on point here. $2000 O.B.O.
Phil

ltc

I got a bit teary eyed when the gentleman who made the wooden floorboards finally retired.

Rob 97 993c2

What color is the hood?
Are the 964 and 993 hood interchangeable?
If its a 993 hood, it could also be from a 993rs or 993gt2.

pu911rsr

Rob,
Hood is red came off a 993 RSR.
Phil