[ckelly]

http://www.motorsportspartsusa.com/partGeneral.cfm?part=H0008

Don't know anything about the quality, but I got one coming. Shipping (by truck) is near $100.

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1967 Falcon 4 door w/351C - Owner built, owner abused.
70 Mustang 302 / 06 Ranger, 04 SuperCrew parts hauler
http://raceabilene.com/kelly/hotrod

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[jetnoise]

Please post the quality & fit when you can.
Im interested in going that route too.
Thanks

 

[l2o4ch]

i have a 70 mustang coupe that one of those hoods is perfect for, but they say that it does not mount on factory hinges? how do you think it will go on


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[plumber68]

loved everything i have gotten from them hood, lower valence and front and rear bumpers , the best fiberglass fit i ever had. wish they made more stuff for my car. would love to get a set of head light buckets

 

[plumber68]

they used to sell bolt of hoods but im not sure if they do anymore these hoods use 4 hood pins on in each corner more of a drag race type i have an older one that was a bolt on and used 2 pins in the front of the hood.

 

[biroclan]

Do you know anyone selling fiberglass hoods doors or fenders for a 1973 granda?

 

[ckelly]

On 2006-05-24 18:40, ponyboy1970 wrote:
i have a 70 mustang coupe that one of those hoods is perfect for, but they say that it does not mount on factory hinges? how do you think it will go on
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Um, you have to mount it with pins - hence the name "pin on hood". It's normally a race item. With some engineering, you can adapt it to regular hood hinges without the springs but you'll still need pins at the front.

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[ckelly]

On 2006-05-23 19:51, jetnoise wrote:
Please post the quality & fit when you can.
Im interested in going that route too.
Thanks

I'll rate it as "fair". It's here, packaged well but one corner got chipped a bit in shipment. It's fiberglass, that'd be hard not to do. What I have a bigger issue with is it's narrow in the front - a 70 hood trim piece laps over the hood edges by about 1/4~3/8" or so. I'll have to pull the stock hood and hinges next week to trial fit the thing and see for sure, but it looks like they took more off one side than the other when it came out of the mold. Not sure how much adjustment there is in the fenders and grill. The finish looks decent for a glass hood, it's smooth and has the proper shape and appears to have the proper camber - but we'll see. There is minimal bracing underneath but what is there should be sufficient.

It's light - the bill of lading listed the box at 38 lbs, and it's a big, thick box.

 

[ckelly]

OK - hold up on this item. It turns out that there may be a mold problem. Our hood is about 1/4" small in all dimensions and curves in at the front hood line - worse on the passanger side. The fenders can move to adjust the side gaps but the front edge is a problem. I called - they have 17 in stock and are inspecting them for a similar problem. The first couple they looked at show the same problem. I'm sending them dimensions on the stocker for comparison.

The good news is that customer service is first rate - if they can't provide me a suitable replacement, I'll get a 100% refund of purchase and shipping. They seem like a good company, so I hope we get this worked out.

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1967 Falcon 4 door w/351C - Owner built, owner abused.
70 Mustang 302 / 06 Ranger, 04 SuperCrew parts hauler
http://raceabilene.com/kelly/hotrod

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[sportsroof70]

Any updates on this???
TB

 

[ckelly]

Update - 100% of purchase and shipping refunded. They are checking on the manufacturing process to see if it's the mold or post processing. Everything they had in stock was like mine. They had sold three and are recalling the other two. I offered and they accepted - I made measurements of my stock steel hood and sent those and photos to them. If they find a problem with the mold they will rework it. They seem like nice folks - they are a fiberglass company and not really an auto parts company, but they are easy to work with. Maybe I'll get a prototype of the next production run and we'll see how it goes.

 

[Cain]

So are you going to get a hood once the problem is fixed, or is it pretty much "Here's your money back...see you later"?? I'm kinda thinking about a fiberglass hood for my 69 Maxh 1 since the flywheel went through my current hood.

 

[ckelly]

They will try to get me a good part. The molding factory is in China, so it will not be like next week. 6-8 weeks at least.