Mustang Irony

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  1. maverick75

    maverick75 Gotta Love Mavs!

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    i keep on finding more and more stang owner that want grabber hoods...kinda a twist to mav owner modifying stang parts to fit


    *referring to grabber hood

    *same guy^

    *when i showed the pic of the stang w/grabber hood

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  2. scooper77515

    scooper77515 No current projects.

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    Anyone notice that the newer (but pre '05) mustangs had "grabber hoods"?

    They had two scoops, one on each side. I always thought that they did that on purpose to make it look grabber-esque...:rolleyes:
     
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  3. maverick75

    maverick75 Gotta Love Mavs!

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    yep, there was a thread about it a couple of years ago

    http://mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?t=15684
     
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  4. 302mav76

    302mav76 Isaac Serna

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    yeah, the 94-98 stangs had some kind of grabber scoops on the hood.
     
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  5. rayzorsharp

    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    Yep, I guess we better save all these Grabber hoods that are rusted out in the front. Sell em to the Mustangers! Hey, I got pretty bad one for sale right now. Maybe I'll advertise it on the Mustang site for about $500. :burnout:
     
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    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    Since the Mustang hood is a lot wider than a Maverick, It will not bolt on. However, since there a lot of Grabber hoods out there with rusted out front lips, one could cut the top off and graft it onto a stock flat Mustang hood. I have one I'd sell fairly cheap. Heck, if I had a 67 mustang hood, I'd try it myself.
     
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  7. Mavaholic

    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    Ahh, Ray beat me to it. I got to learn to type faster. :D
     
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  8. rayzorsharp

    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    Just getting old :cool:
     
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    The hood and fenders are no wider. Even have the front wheels located the same position.
    I am not saying the hood would fit a Stang without work, but they are not narrower.
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    It's a nice hood but over done IMO.
     
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    I seem to remember measured them once for my convertible project and the Mustang hood was wider.
     
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    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    The difference is probably across the tops of the fenders.
     
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