I just wanted to know if anyone has used one of goodmarks steel cowls. I am looking at the 2.25 " cowl for my 76.I was planning on tack welding it on with a tig torch and keeping it cool with air or wet rags and then feathering it in with bondo .I have been told that fiberglass cowls to steel hoods do not stay put for long periods of time and tend to crack at the seam. The welding idea also sound like a lot less bodywork and should never crack or come off.Thanks !

No welded cowls in here? You should see how I made my rear spoiler.

i've been helping a friend do the body work on his '67 and can tell you that regardless of air or water the metal's going to warp... yeah, you can try to keep it at a minimum but there's still going to be warpage.

what do you plan to do about the under structure ???


good luck, post some pics of the progress ;)

That is where the Wunder brush comes in removes the warpage by shrinking all of the high spots. (Lou showed it to me on Muscle Cars, and it either works as advertised or there is magic in the TV).

I agree before bondo or fiberglass there were torches and lead. It can be done and has been done that way since the first tin plated piece of sheet metal was screwed to a wooden carriage.

Big Dave

Years ago I molded a fiberglass cowl to a Buick Apollo hood and it stayed in place as long as I and the guy after me owned the car. I lost track of the car after that, that's one of the cars I wish I had back...

Do you remember how you molded the fiberglass scoop to the hood Steve. I would go that route if I knew it would hold .Lighter is always better!

Sure. I laid the scoop on the hood and marked around it with a majicmarket then I sanded the area that the scoop contacted the hood I predrilled the hood and scoop for rivets then mixed up some fiberglass resin and brushed it onto the hood in the area that the scoop would contact it. Then I pop riveted it to the hood. After the resin dried I cut the bottoms off the rivets and then laid fiberglass mat half on and half off the scoop(I hope that makes sense) and then painted resin on it and left it to dry. After that I sanded it for a good surface for the body filler to hold to then I used body filler to make it all look like one. I'll try to find some pics of it but this was before digital cameras.:D Also I didn't have the money to paint the car so I just flat blacked the hood.