1967 Big Block Hood Repair

[Rob A.]

I have an original unrestored 1967 L71 Corvette. The 2^nd

[Paul S.]

Re: 1967 Big Block Hood Repair

Think it can be done . I have done it before but didn't have to contend with saving original paint. Try sharp, strong putty knife and a sharp gasket scraper . Go slow and pray.

[Paul Y.]

Re: 1967 Big Block Hood Repair

I have done it several times. You will have to clean up the edges by block sanding and then repaint that area at the least. How about just separating the middle of the hood and doing the repair that way without unbonding the whole outside hood area?

[Rob A.]

Re: 1967 Big Block Hood Repair

I have done it several times. You will have to clean up the edges by block sanding and then repaint that area at the least. How about just separating the middle of the hood and doing the repair that way without unbonding the whole outside hood area?

I'm only looking at removing the fiberglass piece that is bonded on behind the scoop molding at the underside of the hood. Not the whole hood itself. Like I've mentioned I purchased the piece from Long Island Corvette so I assume others have had to repair this. Using a sharp putty knife sounds like a good approach but I'm unsure how much pressure to apply with out damaging the hood.

When this piece was originally placed on the underside of the hood was there bonding material placed all across the area where it mates to the hood? I'm hoping it was just placed on the edge so that once you get the putty knife between this piece and the hood it will break free.

[Patrick B.]

Re: 1967 Big Block Hood Repair

I removed the same piece from my 67 because someone had opened up the front for "ram air". It had bonding material all around. Having the front cut out of the piece made it more flexible and easier to pound a putty knife between it and the hood to break the bond. However, I was not trying to preserve the paint on the hood. I'm not sure I would try this if I wanted to preserve brittle lacquer paint on the hood.

[Rob A.]

Re: 1967 Big Block Hood Repair

Another thought I had was to us a Dremel style tool with agate set so that it would only cut through the depth to the piece beingremoved. Using this my thought is that you could cut numerous relief cuts inthe piece being removed and reduce the impact pressure needed with the puttyknife.