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Post by fastdiesel on Dec 21, 2010 19:07:34 GMT -5
I am still trying to figure out how a cowl hood is legal on an early chevelle or a biscayne/impala, not that it matters but does not look period correct.
HOOD/SCOOP (NSS CLASSES): Hoodscoops limited to OEM equipment or period style. Cowl hood came to life in November of 1968 (for the '69 Camaro). So, it's "period style" for NSS cars (1959-1969). That's my opinion, and I'm stickin' to it! ;D |
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Post by torquer on Dec 21, 2010 21:27:53 GMT -5
Always told that cowl was wrong for NSS. Let the powers that be make the call.
Jim N.
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Post by poppaj on Dec 22, 2010 0:15:07 GMT -5
I would think a scoop like the Strickler/Jenkins 409 Impalas ran (Similar to the Pontiac scoops) would be a better choice for NSS. I belive Jim N. has one on his Buick and it looks very correct as well as does a good job.
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Post by texoutsider on Dec 22, 2010 8:50:01 GMT -5
Look on the Whale..........
M.
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Post by bobmosher on Dec 22, 2010 12:29:52 GMT -5
The cowl hood came out in 68 for a 69 Camaro. If you put it on anything earlier, your changing history. I won,t put a Boss 429 or 428Cj scoop on my 67 Fairlane, its not the way it was, thats the point, this is Nostalgia racing, the look of the times ,thats what the people pay to see and promoters need, otherwise its just another bracket race.
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Post by Dave Schultz on Dec 22, 2010 16:46:38 GMT -5
Look on the Whale.......... M.   I too don't think cowl hoods look period correct but I'm staying out of it other then mentioning it here and now. |
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Post by poppaj on Dec 22, 2010 19:19:18 GMT -5
That scoop looks great on the wagon, it is the one I was referring to. They found their way on many early SS cars. We used to rob them off of scraped Ford super duty Dump trucks. I believe Mickey Thompson started using them first on his 421 Tempest.
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Post by muntz67 on Dec 22, 2010 21:36:06 GMT -5
I agree with Poppa J, I love the looks of the scoop on the wagon. It looks era correct.
Dave
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Post by dwatkins on Dec 23, 2010 0:44:00 GMT -5
Cowl Hoods, Airbrushed Graphics, Billet wheels..........there are a lot of things not period correct, Where do you draw the line?
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Post by Dave Schultz on Dec 23, 2010 8:42:09 GMT -5
Air Brushed Graphics? Graphics have been painted on race cars for as long as I can remember. As far as billet wheels, you have a point there -- but they look enough like Mag wheels and are safer.
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Post by poppaj on Dec 23, 2010 18:41:47 GMT -5
I saw a set of billet wheels that looked like the old magnesium slots. Had to look twice because they looked so realistic. Very cool and a ton more safer than 45 year old wheels.
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Post by kwik63 on Dec 23, 2010 19:57:10 GMT -5
If you can't appreciate what Dave has done with the Whale...You need to go watch soccer!
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Post by Dave Schultz on Dec 23, 2010 23:20:13 GMT -5
I don't know --
The 1963 Plymouth Melrose Missile had a scoop and a missile with flames air brushed on it
The Grand Spalding 1964 Dodge had a charging ram air brushed on it and a scoop
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Post by dwatkins on Dec 24, 2010 1:16:02 GMT -5
I am sorry Dave, I deleted my above post.I don't know how we get from making sure that a tunnel ram would be legal on my car based on a comment made to me from Barry, to who's car is legal and who's car is era correct. With my billet wheel and air brush comment I was in no way judging your car, your passion or any aspect of Mark's quality work. (even though I didn't really comment on any of that, I thought I would just throw that out there for those in doubt.)
I wasn't racing or even old enough to be watching racing in 1963, I can only go by pictures of cars that Dan and others have posted on sites such as yours and other things I have read and watched.
My Car, even though NSS and NMC legal, in no way represents any aspect of racing "the way it was" back in the sixties. I don't know of any 67 Chevelle running a Dart aluminum headed motor with a high rise intake, electric water pump, aluminum radiator, powder coated aftermarket Holley Carb., Weld wheels etc, etc, etc, or even a Cowl induction hood that was racing in the sixties. I find it hypocritical to myself that I even run my car in a Nostalgia Class, Other than having the "right" body, there is nothing Nostalgic about it. I just appreciate the time I get to race and the nice guys running NSS that I get to run with, I have met a lot of nice people running the Nostalgia Class and hope next year to meet some more.
But for right now, I just need to go crawl back in my cave and get working on my car. Hope to see all of Y'all at a track soon.
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Post by texoutsider on Dec 24, 2010 1:50:07 GMT -5
Man are you so frickin' WRONG...........yes, we did NOT have Dart heads, but we did have aluminum from the frickin FACTORY. Hi rise manifolds?..Hell YES, From the FACTORY...some more innovative WERE running elec. assisted water pumps in the late 60s and early 70s...aluminum radiators, well again, sure we were..again from the FACTORY..and again from the same frickin factory that produced YOUR Chevrolet...Corvette. NO, powercoated Carbs were not the norm.......most self respecting racer would NOT have a "PINK or Green" carb on thier car..........and WELD wheels, not quite, but some well heeled racers definately had the LATEST WHEEL offering from what ever manufacturer that would sponsor him, the others had to save and save to get a set of the "NEW" ............"mags"..............and that dreaded cowl hood again was found on YOUR brand of car........and again from the same Brand X factory and many copied it............Your car is VERY MUCH "the way it was" back then. AIRBRUSHED GRAPHICS.........  ? Never heard of Nat Quick or many of the other very talented artists that introduced that medium to the masses on race cars back then?........if you have not, I have a library of pictures taken "back in the day" of race cars that I still use for reference of airbrushed in headlights, tail lights, grilles, etc and some of the best lettering known to man...all from the late 60s and early 70s........... You are right about some of it Doug, you do need to crawl back into your cave and READ SOME HISTORY. Mark |
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? Never heard of Nat Quick or many of the other very talented artists that introduced that medium to the masses on race cars back then?........if you have not, I have a library of pictures taken "back in the day" of race cars that I still use for reference of airbrushed in headlights, tail lights, grilles, etc and some of the best lettering known to man...all from the late 60s and early 70s...........