1963-1964 hood

[David H.]

[Duke W.]

Re: 1063-1964 hood

NO!!! The '63 hood has depressions the thickness of the "cookie sheets" so they fit flush with the hood surface when installed. The new molds for the '64 hood eliminated these depressions.

A '64 hood will certainly work on a '63, but forget installing the cookie sheets on a '64 hood.

Duke

[Chris D.]

Re: 1063-1964 hood

In a word, no. 63 has two indents: one that touches the edge of the cookie sheet and the styled indent spaced further out. 64 lacks the indent that drops the cookie sheet flush.. Plus the earlier 63's had the alignment blocks that are gone by 64.

[Stewart L.]

Re: 1063-1964 hood

No, there is an inset area molded into the fiberglass on the 63 hood that the grilles fit into. They insets are not on a 64 hood.

[Frank D.]

Re: 1063-1964 hood

Yes, the 63 hoods have a double-depth indentation with the lower portion holding the cookie sheets that a 64 does not have and on the flip side, depending on the VIN, there are various states in 63 of "slick" side ribs, ribs with two hood blocks, later four hood blocks, then NO hood blocks but with the holes for the blocks plugged and patched.

Original 63 hoods are HARD to find in decent shape, it took me 4 months to find an original (thanks to Rich Mozzetta) and it needed minor repairs.
Corvette Image will sell you a gray or white glass repro for about $1,500 bucks that would be preferable to a 64 hood ,mounted on a 63 IMO.

[Norm B.]

Re: 1063-1964 hood

I just happen to have mine out right now. Here are some pictures of what that extra indentation looks like.

Norm

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[David H.]

Re: 1063-1964 hood

Thank you all very much for your input.
Can anyone tell from these pictures what year this hood is?

[Bob R.]

Re: 1063-1964 hood

That looks to be a 64 hood and it's been customized just a bit as the factory did not offer lights for the hood.

[David H.]

Re: 1063-1964 hood

Thank you Bob. Definitely customized.