Just thought I'd post this for everyone who hasn't seen it... I noticed it in the June edition of HOTROD magazine the other day. It's a blue Camaro with a hood modified to open like a Corvette...sure wish there were more pics. of that car:lala:

P.S. -cut down the pic. for size reasons

 

that is so awesome! is there any info on it?

 

Looks cool, but I bet working on the car SUCKS.

 

If only there was a kit out there that worked for our cars.....

 

Actually the way some do it is by mounting a late 80's Buick Park Avenue's hood hinges,that is how that particular car's hood opens.This topic has been posted here before.

 

As cool as that looks, I'd not wanna have to work around that... way too difficult to work around.

 

Oh and another thing.It would make it easier to work on our cars and easier on our heads,I'm sure a few of us have konked our head on the latch thingy a few times.

 

Would make it easier to change ignition parts, that's for sure. Looks pretty good! The wing looks a little different than normal, also.

 

It looks like that twin supercharged car. It probably is!

 

its not that bad. i work on saabs every day and the older 900s have that hood style. i personally like it.

 

Plenty of hotrod sites sell kits to do that. I know they just did a tech article on one in my Truckin subscription a few monthes back.

Mathius

 

just because a 'vette has it, or it doesnt come from the factory that way doesnt make it a good mod. i wouldnt pay $0.05 for that kit installed if one existed...

 

I think it's pretty cool but it would be a bitch to work on. I'm pretty sure this is the same car...

 

twin paxton chromillusion 91z featured in phr as well as on phr televisoin.....along long time ago.

nice car and a fortune wrapped up into it.

can be seen here. i tracked down the owner once just to talk about a few things. he was rather nice and willing to discuss parts of the car. have no idea who owns it now.

http://www.phrtv.com/2001Season/219813/index.asp

 

What do you guys say it would be so hard to work on? I can see the front of the engine being a little tougher to do, but not that bad. When I was working on a 280 ZX (hood opens "backwards") it was no big deal.

 

I have the tilt mechanism and donor hood for test fitment and modifying. I'm excuting the project when the hood comes off to pull the motor. I've been meaning to do this for some time now, a year this summer, the parts have just been collecting dust since I made a thread about it here.

Here is a picture of the mechanism in action (from an early 90's Buick);

 

the only advantage i see to it is for lighter hoods. you won't need pins to keep the corners from flexing. i've considered it with my ss hood.

 

im still trying to figure out how it would be harder, since you pretty much have to work from the side of the car anyways, or lean over the 2+ feet of empty space in the front
and now access to the rear would be so much easier

best hood i seen was a cowl hood on a dodge charger, the guy used 4 electric rams to lift it straight up first, then it went back a couple feet over the roof..

 

i dont think i could dig on that i like being able to lean over the front of my car but i just wish it would open farther... but im working on that, but then i wont have hydraulic assist... but like i said im working on that...

*eric*

 

early 90's buick with a s/c'd tuned port engine and rwd!

 

lol......no the piece is from a buick and it's dual s/c.

 

I was just wondering if any of the folks in this thread have attempted or completed this mod? I have thought about trying this eventually. As far as access to the engine, I would imagine for this to even work the hood has to be severly slimmed down. The stock hoods are heavy as $h1t. I would imagine a fiberglass hood is needed and as such you could most likely remove it if you really needed to get access to the front of the car.

 

do you need to latch a hood that opens like that?

 

Lotsa fab work in this setup but this is Way more like a "VETTE" front clip.

NOT MINE..... just a guy Ive been talking to online to work out all the details on the setup. (because my car is in the process of doing the same mod)

http://www.cecoatings.com/images/oth...0Front%20Clip/

 

holy crap... that is a LOT of work

 

In terms of working on the car being more difficult, all your doing is trading front accessiblity for rear accessibility. I consider that a proper way a hood should hope. If it were done on a firebird it would certanately make taking out the headlights assemblies difficult.

I like the hood opening style, although if you could get a clamshell style hood like vipers and c4 vettes then that would be total access not to mention the "super cool" factor.