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How would I be able to replicate a part like that? Vacuum form, clear resin, other???

Both...or either one. Clear resin would be the less stressful option (material-wise), but you'd need a vacuum chamber.

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That's a modern-made hood though. Oldsmobile had a small run of those hoods made for new-car introduction time in the fall of 1948, for dealers to install, to show off the new Rocket V8.

The clear panels were trapezoidal in shape though, straight sides and ends, and didn't come all the way to the front of the hood like the show car pictured. They did wrap downward on the sides of the hood though. It would be easiest to make from clear sheet plastic, as those clear panels had a fairly simple curve to match the sides of the hood, no compound curvature.

It's interesting to note, however, that this was not the first time plexiglas was used to make a transparent hood to show off a new engine! Ford had some made in 1932, full hoods for the Deuce, which showed off the new Ford V8 engine. Those were 4 piece plexiglas (plexiglas had just been introduced by DuPont about the same time as the '32 Fords), hinged just like the stock sheetmetal '32 hood.

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