Stinger Hood

[Mike L.]

Does anyone know how to determine if the 1967 Stinger Hood is original on a car?

[Gene M.]

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Does anyone know how to determine if the 1967 Stinger Hood is original on a car?

Question seems odd.

If the car is a big block it should have a 67 bb hood.

[Mike L.]

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Thanx Gene. I read that some small blocks at the end of 67 had the Stinger Hood installed because they ran out of small block hoods.

[Michael W.]

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Thanx Gene. I read that some small blocks at the end of 67 had the Stinger Hood installed because they ran out of small block hoods.

Old myth that just won't go away.

[Kenneth B.]

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Also the hood prop is bolted on the drivers side.

[Russ S.]

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Those are the hoods that left the factory with a bee stuck in the paint

Thanx Gene. I read that some small blocks at the end of 67 had the Stinger Hood installed because they ran out of small block hoods.

[Gene M.]

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Small blocks had small block hoods and big blocks had big block hoods. Understand they were never switched going out the door from GM.

Small-block cars with factory-installed big-block hoods never happened; it's one of those "legends that won't die". John Hinckley

[Michael J.]

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And I guess the story is true that no big block cars in '67 with that hood, came out of AO Smith?

[Kenneth B.]

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And I guess the story is true that no big block cars in '67 with that hood, came out of AO Smith?

Only the ones with a 427 engine. There a lot for sale on Ebay and Crag's list.

[Tom D.]

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For fun, I looked at my 11/81 Parts Book today.
While all mid-year hoods are different, three service hoods were offered (with notes about moving the "hood prop" in some cases.)
3857453 small block, C2 flat hood at $316
3874793 65-66 396 and 427 hood at $316
6263573 for 1967 427 bug blocks at $316
All were found in parts group 8.000 with the name "Panel, hood"

[Tom D.]

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1965 big block hoods (396-427), and some early '66 427 hoods, had the hood prop on the right side, as in Passenger side.

[Michael J.]

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OK, not that I believe this an all, but I have heard urban legends of early '67 BB cars with stinger hoods that came from AO Smith, and that some small block cars got the hoods, but without the paint stinger, during some few days of '67 production........