There used to be a seller on eBay that made them from fiberglass

 

Yeah, but he died.

 

I dunno 'bout that, but check this thread out...
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery...group-buy.html

 

I think the original guy passed away but the family took over the operations and production. IIRC anyway

 

Much appreciated for the gorilla tape suggestion.

I made some inquiries, and it seems that Lucky8 gets this part in regularly. They are currently out of stock, but they have a shipment scheduled to arrive mid-February, and another scheduled to ship in March.

 

The part arrived in early March. Pretty straightforward to install. Only hiccup was that after we put it back together, I could pop the hood but it wouldn't open. We fixed the alignment on it, and it's all good now.