Convert hood to grabber

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  1. alaskamaverick

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    Anybody know if it is possible to convert my standard 1970 maverick hood to a grabber hood?
     
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    It is more than just adding the scoops. The whole area is raised along that area of the hood. The inner structure might be different as well.
     
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    Inner structure is the same, but unless you are a master fabricator, who has built cars from a stack of flat sheet metal, your just gonna wind up with a ruined stock hood.
     
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    I agree i added scoops to my 70 hood, i wasnt going for the grabber look just messing around i think i looks cool, i think it would be way too time consuming, and it would prob. be cheaper to get a grabber hood that needed work. thats my 2 cents, i've found thats worth about 1cent
     
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    I wish I could find a Grabber Hood in Alaska, shipping from the lower 48 is outrages, thus the reason I have humored the idea converting my exixting hood. BONHAM, you added scoops. Do you have pics?
    Thank you for the input everybody.
     
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    its getting harder and harder to find good ones down here too...good luck!

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