63 biscayne gasser needs hood scoop

My cousin bought a old 63 biscayne gasser today It has straight axle front and the rear wheel openings are cut open for slicks.He wants to or is thinking about a scoop on the hood what is a good looking one that is old not modern looking.I will get pics tomorrow of the car. Post your picks of any cool looking 63 gassers. thanks Darrell

 

Tinted clear plastic one would look nice on that body or maybe an old fiberglass thunderbolt style.

 

I like the plastic idea one any picks of one. The car will probly get a nail head he has in the barn. Darrell

 

A good friends dad ran a 64 Impala SS back in the late 60's, although not a straight axle "gasser" is was every bit a street strip terror that had the "look" down pat..Saphire blue flake, etc....
He ran one of these on it.
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/p/1392,424_Tunnel-Ram-I-Hood-Scoop.html?itemNo=hood%20scoops
Of course he had a tunnel rammed 327 filling the hole in the hood though..
I've seen the pics hundreds of time's and just love the looks...
My friend is actually building a clone of the car now not that that has anything to do with this..hahaha

Anyway, just another thought.

 

how big of a hole do you need? maybe a pontiac sd scoop which is ford heavy duty truck vent turned 180`

 

a guy on here was selling some clear and smoked ones....

 

I would vote for the clear plexi, or the aluminum Ford truck scoop mentioned.

Those two (especially the second one) were typical in the era that these cars were raced competively, in superstock and FX classes.

The Ford scoop used on Pontiacs was still available from Ford Big Truck dealers, part # is B7QZ-961-A. I don't think the factory prepped cars used the chrome grill for the scoop, but it's no longer available anyway.

The tunnel ram scoops were not seen on this body style, when it was a competitive racer, since they didn't show up until about '65-'66.

 

nicholson used to have a enderle barn door scoop on his 61 '09 car...looked a little outta wack.. but it probably worked ...brandon

 

I was told by many here that my scoop is ugly and shouldn't be on the car at all. But I remember the Cal Custom scoop fondly and was really excited when I found mine. I have seen a few pop up on ebay.

I believe offy made a few that bolted outside the scoop and had a different fin, but are basicly the same stlye.

 

I like the ford scoop too keep them ideas coming Darrell

 

Here is a picture of the car. Darrell

 

That's a '62 not a '63. I vote for no scoop.

 

I thought it was this one

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=258019&highlight=1963+gasser

 

Believe it or not, i've seen a number of old photo's of early chevy's with the rear of the hood lifted like that.. on purpose...early cowl induction. It would take advantage of the high pressure area at the base of the windshield to draw in air the same way later model's did with cowl hood scoop's..
Not as functional as a scoop with a direct opening in front but i would

 

here's a few pics