driving without a hood on..illegal? if so..whats the fine...im in illinois. it may be wirth it...

 

no.. no state is it illeagal to drive without a hood.. its just not great for your engine... the hood isnt an enviromental device cause everything goes out the bottom anyway & it isnt a saftey device... so drive w/o the hood.. just dont let water in your engine...park it outta the rain & your fine..

 

I'm not sure, I've heard you can get pulled over, but unless you've got a pro street car or something with a motor you can't even fit under a hood, why they hell would you want to run without one? It just screams white trash hillbilly.

 

I could swear its illegal in California. But since you guys don't live here I don't know about your state.

 

lol this reminds me of something, some guy was driving around with no hood, and he got pulled over. I assume he was told to have a covering over the engine, so the next day I see him driving around, with ducktape stuck every which way across the engine campartment to make a hood....

 

it is a safety device... it's designed to absord a lot of the impact (that's why it folds up in any accident).

driving without one is 1) not as safe as driving WITH one , and 2) pretty white-trash like , lol

 

I drove without my hood for about a week, back in '95... I had an accident, and was doing bodywork, and realized my hood hinge was too bent to get back on the car. So I drove without a hood... and wouldn't ya know it, as I was driving to pick up a $100 hood, I was half a mile from the kid's house, and got pulled over. No ticket, the guy just told me that he'd better not see me without a hood on again.

I hear it's a safety thing- but not for the person inside the car... for people "near" the car. Otherwise, a belt could fly out, the hot radiator could burst on someone, or the engine could backfire.. silly stuff like that.

Let me tell you though, it made for one HELL of a ram-air!!! I've never felt anythign as powerful as having that throttle body (port fuel injection) facing the open air! And I still can't believe I drove like that without a filter. Geez, I must've been insane.

 

so nobody has gotten a ticket for driving without a hood? any1 know it is not illegal for a fact?

 

Your best bet is to call the Highway Patrol and ask them. Seriously, I think they'd be the best group to ask - not a bunch of goobs (myself included) on the internet; especially if fines and stuff are involved.

However, as a side note, I drove my car from Virginia Beach down to Mid-North Carolina (about a three hour drive) hoodless. I was going to pick up a second one (for "mods") and I couldn't think of any other way to get it. So, I took mine off, drove down there, bolted the new one on and drove back. Passed several troopers without getting a ticket; your mileage may vary.

Steve

 

I got pulled over without a Hood and Asked the Cop if it was Illegal, and he said No It was Not.

He was pulling me over for the way I was driving

That was in California.

Only reason I didnt have a hood on cause I just put the engine Back In and was test driving it.

 

Make sure you get a ****** haircut and wear a Van Halen t-shirt when you drive it with the hood off.

 

i drove my car around for about a month with no hood on while i was saving cash for a new one and i passed many local and state police who never even gave me a second glance. but that is here in ohio.

BTW i do have a ****** haircut and have been known to wear my van halen shirt occasionally lmao. but i think an REO Speed Wagon shirt would give a little more white trashiness to the scene lol.

 

I'm with Steve. Ask you local PD.

I drove my car hoodless to Fl from Ga when I went to p/u my hood from Suncoast. People looked at me odd, but the cops didn't seem to car. We did tape down some cardboard since it always rains in FL. So I drove with a cardboard hood. The people in Orlando really gave us some odd looks.

 

where the hell are you from? africa?

my friends 70 Duster got impounded for driving without a hood in New Jersey

yeah.....it must be legal

 

you know me?

 

BTW i do have a ****** haircut and have been known to wear my van halen shirt occasionally lmao. but i think an REO Speed Wagon shirt would give a little more white trashiness to the scene lol.


The guy who said this is the reason they're starting to call it "the camaro cut" instead of a ******. LMAO

 

Well I don't have a ******. But I do listen to Van Halen.

 

Yeah ******!!!

 

Cant help but laugh! :sillylol: :sillylol: :sillylol:

 

the camaro cut???? ahh jeez... thats all we need huh...just great!!!!

 

I live in Florida, and I have a buddy with a 68 Chevette with no hood, BUT............he has a big hood scoop on there. Oh and he does have a ****** and a few DUI's. Now top that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

speaking of ******s i just want everyone to enjoy a lil band called

"The Vandals"

they have a ****** song... look it up on bearshare or another music trading net. its the funniest thing ever


they mention a place called " Riverside" its in socal out in BFE. that place is ****** central!!!! cept we call them Ape Drapes, or Norco neck warmers, or Riverside mud flaps.

or 909er's(area code)

i actually saw an 83 camaro.. with a sitcker on the back that said "909 pride"

and i saw another 70's truck with a huge " Fear the ******" sticker

 

ok, ok, ok............i dont really have a ******, but my hair is long (down to my back)

and i only have 1 van halen shirt, all the rest are metallic, megadeth, and pantera

 

Be careful with no hood. When I dropped my engine in the hood wouldn't fit with an air cleaner on the engine so I drove it for awhile with no hood. I guess a little water got down the carburetor and I ended up with a bent rod and a cracked block in my engine that I just had built. I thought I was going to cry.

 

On the ****** deal, I have also heard them called the Kentucky Waterfall and my fave the Achey-Breaky-Big-Misteaky.:sillylol: I also have long hair, but not the Joe Dirt ******.

 

many of you describe your haircuts as not ******s, why dont you all just post pictures of your haircuts and let us determine if they are ******s. lol

 

I was just thinking about what TomP said about a belt could fly off or a radiator could burst . It would be so damn funny if you saw a car parked are going down the road and the belt broke and flew way up in the air :sillylol: :sillylol: :sillylol: If I didnt have a hood and I was sitting at a light or something and the belt flew off and came back down and landed on my windshield , id prabably turn my wipers on to flick it off :sillylol: :sillylol:. No I really wouldn't flick it in the road ! It'd be funny if there was a car on the side of me with a cute girl in it :sillylol: :sillylol: ...I know its prabably not funny to you guys , but some of the stupidist stuff to me is funny !

 

You know what they say If you think it is then it must be

 

wayners,

that was some of the funniest stuff ive read in a while. im still lmao cuz i could see something like that happening to me. Yes, I too drove around with the hood off for a while. BTW, i looked in the mirror and i think im starting to grow a ******.

:hail: ~~~~>******

 

:hail: ******s!!

 

:lala:

 

Hehe, that was fun...bungee cords, package tape, stopping way too often to retape the seams (she neglected to mention that this trip started late at night, and lasted til dawn when we hit Orlando). Somehow it held up til we got to Suncoast, though. They probably thought we were nuts! Nice guys though, they let us install the new hood inside so we wouldn't get wet (it started raining while we were there). That trip was a real adventure!

 

******s

Tom,

Now thats a Ram Air System Sounds like it should go on my guide

 

I drove around without a hood on my car for the initial run-in period so I could look for any major problems.

I wouldn't want to do that on a long-distance drive or anything like that.

I live way out in the country on the Ohio/Penn state line, very few cops out here. We can get away with no hoods, mufflers, etc. Hence why my sidepipes are staying on until this winter, despite the fact that I hate them.

I'm with Steve and Shannon(redraif?) here, check with your state highway patrol.

My hood is rotting away, so until I replace it with a fiberglass replacement, I just had a hole cut in my hood so I can at least drive with a hood on. It looks like hell, but it will avoid any potential tickets.

 

If you gonna do it, go all the way. Lets do the Jeep thing and leave the doors and trunk at home too! LOL

 

DUDE!!

How about this!

 

Perfect! LOL.

If your gonna get a ticket, make it a good one! LOL

 

Bill, I've got a picture of my parts car without the doors, that thing was weird to sit in. Looked like I could drive that way, too... I think I was a little short on ***** that day, otherwise, I would've given it a shot! I mean, think about it for real; why would it be okay for a Jeep to be on the road without doors, but not okay for any other car? (Besides the fact that our cars would twist in half if the door was missing because of the structural aspect, but hey...)

 

I believe he actually drove it like that...too bad I didn't get a picture...that would have been hilarious!!

 

Is that Vanilla Ice's brother ?

 

hehe , that would be my luck to !

and my luck it would be some cute blonde in the car next to me .

 

From <a href="http://www.******sgalore.com">******s Galore</a>, the authoritative ****** guide on the web:

<b>2. Camaro******:</b> The Camaro****** used to have full reign over the ****** brethren, but that was back in the 70's and 80's. This species has fallen from grace since, but can still be seen enjoying NASCAR events and shopping at Kragen, or up in the attic cooking up crank. Distinguishing features include: a molester mustache (peach fuzzy), tight-fitting acid wash jeans, and an ever-present key ring hanging from the belt loop.

Feel the ******ude emanating through your computer screen from this rare pic.

<img src="http://www.******sgalore.com/classifications/!pix/I/camaro******.jpg">

It is not recommended you confront the Camaro******, for they are very aggressive and cannot be hurt (this might be due to the frequent use of methamphetamines, angel dust, etc.).

<b>******ude:</b> 10
<b>Aggressiveness:</b> 10
<b>Hobbies:</b> primering cars, bar fights, picking scabs, losing teeth.
<b>Sightings:</b> Kragen, Grand Auto, working on a Camaro on their front lawn.
<b>Favorite Band:</b> AC/DC

-- David
Chicago, IL

(No, I don't have a ******. My favorite band is Pink Floyd.)

 

DSCole312,

Not a bad ****** sighting...this ones a little more "******" I think.

 

:silly:
hahahahah you guys are funny . Believe it or not , I saw a lady on TV on Divorce court with a ****** today .

 

Not illegal up here in Mass, I called the Police and asked before I did something illegal... it was a first

 

I bought my car like this:



While changing parts over, for almost 2 weeks I had to drive it like this, not much, but for about that long...



And Now currently it looks like this:

:lala:

 

What state are you from? everything is not illeagle?

In Washington state its Illeagal to drive with out your hood off.

 

wow... i was like i havent posted here ina long time... i see that you guys brought my thread back to life from over a year ago! The car is no more though... I blew it up during a street race. Long story. RIP Camaro

 

So.... you bought another right?

All that hard work to fix it and now you need another, great feeling huh?

 

No... not another thirdgen... I bought a 78 z28... second gen... 454, t-56, 4.11 gear, etc. Its a project i have been working on.. still needs like paint, glass, doors, interior, some suspension, but the motor/tranny/rear are good. I have moved onto crotchrockets and left the project on hold for a while.