67 SS hood photos needed

[rogerh]

I have some pictures of my original 67 SS hood

[bcmiller]

Roger is that the one from your car?

[rogerh]

Yes

[bcmiller]

Ok thanks!

[bcmiller]

Ok I have seen pics of an 11B SS hood but it's the SS 396 type, they started the change before the 396 came out or the hood on that car was not original. Rogers car is too late.

Can anyone provide pics of and SS 350 hood from October 1966 or earlier?

Thank you!

[vtfb68]

  It seems the sheet metal guys were way ahead of the production lines when implementing changes for future options ( holes for spoilers too, the 67 B hood is stamped 43 =  week of 10.24.66)
Hood seems to be properly dated and original as the rest of the car but I was only 4 yrs old when it was built. We may have to change the designation of SS350, 396 type to early and late type.
     VT

[bcmiller]

Not sure what you mean.

Once the changeover was made to the SS 396 type, the hoods can be used for any application.

The problem is, there seems to be an overlap.

Some later SS350 cars still got the early type hood, while others did not. That is why we are looking for data from original cars that FOR SURE have the original hood.

The early hoods seem to be weaker, more susceptible to bending, because of less reinforcement of the inner structure.

[vtfb68]

I mean the sheet metal was changed long before the production line changeover occurred. (my 08E 68 has a trunk lid holes pressed for a spoiler that was not yet an option)
Do you mean that the factory was stamping two styles at the same time ?  I doubt that.
I believe a better indicator would be the stamped date on the hood regardless of motor size. My understanding is that most components were not stored and were supplied as production orders
were requested. What is the latest 67 SS that got the first design hood? original owner ?

   VT

[bcmiller]

Overlap on being used on cars. I can not confirm both stamped at the same time, but I believe there was more than one stamping setup.

[bertfam]

Although it seems like a big waste of money, both hoods were used in production! SS-350 cars got the 3898129 hood and SS-396 cars got the 3909158 hood.

As a matter of fact, the 67 SS-350 hood didn't get superseded by the 67 SS-396 hood in service until November of 1970.

Ed

[bcmiller]

Thank you Ed for the backup.

[KurtS]

Production changes often involve many components. Changes to components were often made early if possible to enable the overall change. Way better to be done with a running change than involved with the implementing a coordinated change - they were a PITA sometimes.

[vtfb68]

ED,
Would that mean all 350 cars have the first design hood ? photos should be plentiful.
  Other than the production week stamp is there a part # stamped somewhere ?
Byron,
  If its me causing you stress, sorry. I am simply trying to learn. The fact that the week stamped on my hood lines up with the cars production date leads me to believe the hood is original, could be wrong but
   quickly dismissing something we have no facts for is puzzling, we are a research group. You mentioned the early hoods were weak with less reinforcement, is there a picture of any quality of the bottom
  of a first design ?
    Thanks for the help and what you do,
          VT

[bertfam]

Would that mean all 350 cars have the first design hood ?

I can't answer that for sure, but it appears that way.

Other than the production week stamp is there a part # stamped somewhere ?

No, no part numbers.

Ed

[bcmiller]

Anybody have pics?