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Old 10-22-2008, 12:56 PM
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Default Hood scoop help needed

I just got back from the body shop that is prepping and painting my car. It's an early Contemporary which I am told mimics the shape of a real Cobra about as close as they get. I have had the shop cut off the molded on scoop that was on the car, and bought a fiberglass scoop from Cobra Restorers to have them rivet the scoop on as in an original. They did a great job on the hood, the hole in the hood is the exact correct size and shape, etc. The problem now is that when they lay the hood scoop on the hood, it doesn't even come close to following the contours of the hood. The center of the back surface and the front corners touch the hood, everything else is in the air. some parts of the gap are about 1/2". The scoop is pretty stiff and rigid, I fear that if we rivet this thing down it still won't look right, it still won't lay flat. A bunch of us used our fingers all around the perimeter where the rivets would go to try to see how it would lay, and it just looked terrible, it doesn't lay right. I called Cobra Restorers and they suggested that I just buy another one, effectively throwing good money after bad - that doesn't sound like such a good idea to me. Any ideas? Is this normal? Should I buy a new scoop? Should I try a aluminum one? This one is fiberglass. Where can I look to another supplier for a different 'glass or aluminum scoop? I guess I can get aluminum from Kirkham (maybe) but I can't begin to imagine the cost. Would a aluminum scoop be easier or more difficult to form the the curvature of the hood? Any ideas are more than welcome. Thanks.

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