Need Serious Help
 

Today i was driving home from a friends house and when i was going about 20 25 mph my hood just flys wide open scaring the living **** out of me and doing some serious damage. i have a stormin normin 2.5in hood and the over hange smashed and put a big right through the cowl grille, the bars of the cowl under the grille and the two square parts on each side of the cowl in between the cowl grille and fender found on the 5.0 mine is a 89. i need to get a new one and first i was wondering if that peice is one or connected to the firewall, second if anyone is a body man can this be fixed and how much and third can i buy a brand new one anywhere and can you tell me where if you do.

Thanks to everyone who helps appreciated majorly
dan

Ah man sorry, I had to reply, the same thing happend to my buddy with his 87 Gt :(

I think the first question should be why the hood flew open. Do you use the stock latch or do you have hood pins. Because i know when I had the stock latch with a 3in fiberglass hood I had to shut it pretty hard.

Their is no point in fixing it or buying a new hood if its going to fly open again and break.

And Second

Is the hole in the grill part underneath the cowl part of the hood, because if its is you could just cut it out and leave open. Alot of older fiberglass hoods didn't even come with that part.

Or are you taking about the cowl piece between the hood and the windshield, because if its that piece you could find one at a junk yard for a couple dollars.

the hood flew open cause some *** kid tried to open it and he didnt shut it right.

body repair
 

Yes,
The metal can be easily straightened and can be made relatively plumb with sparing body filler.
Get Hood pins because w/ fiberglass hoods, even latched, can easily pop up.
I had to learn this the hard way, twice...

Good Luck...

Hozer.. ruffly how much will it cost??

Thanks

cost...
 

$15 for a new plastic grill from junkyard, or $65 new from 50resto.com.

Did the metal work and filler myself, it would be about $200 at a decent shop.

Moroso hood pin kit for $28.

Enjoy...

thanks for all the help from everyone