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Re: life with an A12 hood?
[Re: moparcanuk]
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03/07/14 04:03 PM
03/07/14 04:03 PM
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They make a repop with hinges. I assume it's made of steel.
No it's made of fiberglass with the hood hinge thread hardware holes in the same place as a standard hood. The place in Florida (Cocoa area) makes an A12 style hood but without the underside "airbox".
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Re: life with an A12 hood?
[Re: A12]
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03/07/14 04:45 PM
03/07/14 04:45 PM
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Problems checking the oil or general repairs? You mean these cars are driven? No they can't be!  Personally I have a lift off hood on my 72 duster. I enjoy it. It was always fun at car shows to take it off. The wind issues SUCK! I didn't have mine pinned on the car one day. Pulled it out of the shed to clean the shed. Not thinking it was windy out of the south car facing south. Yeah it went flying! Should add mines only weighs I bet 15-20 pounds. Really thin and light. Let's just say it was still one piece just had a few good battle marks on it. As far as having an actual a12 car. I'd love it and drive it!
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Re: life with an A12 hood?
[Re: Matt M]
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03/08/14 01:30 AM
03/08/14 01:30 AM
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When I owned my A12 RR I heard quite a few times
I really like your car, what did the factory hood look like, or nice car but why did you paint the hood black and put that big scoop on it.
And the classic "I wonder why the owner didn't paint the hood?" or "When are you going to paint the hood?" 
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Re: life with an A12 hood?
[Re: Hank]
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03/09/14 02:00 AM
03/09/14 02:00 AM
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I was at a car show once, had my hood up on my props, and was asked by a lady if I could drive it with the hood up like that? ( She was serious ) I said yea only once.  She walked away with a confused look on her face. Ray 
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Re: life with an A12 hood?
[Re: 4406RAY]
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03/09/14 05:49 AM
03/09/14 05:49 AM
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I was at a car show once, had my hood up on my props, and was asked by a lady if I could drive it with the hood up like that? ( She was serious )
I said yea only once.
She walked away with a confused look on her face.
Ray
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Re: life with an A12 hood?
[Re: A12]
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03/09/14 04:17 PM
03/09/14 04:17 PM
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I have mixed emotions with the lift off hood. It is cool..but it is a pain. The biggest scratch in my car came when I was pulling into the Nats in '96 and my car went up in flames. I jumped out, pulled all 4 pins, and tossed the hood into the grass right there in front of the place. In my haste, I scratched the top of the passenger side fender. I left the scratch as a reminder that it could have been worse. The next few chips in the paint happened when I twisted my car beating on it and blew the window out. But that's a story for another day  And yes, I will back Mike (A12) on the story of his hood.
Last edited by gtsuperbee; 03/09/14 04:18 PM.
Restoring a car to look "only" as good as the factory made it is like getting a boob job for your wife and having the doctor make them two different sizes to seem more natural
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Re: life with an A12 hood?
[Re: A12]
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03/09/14 08:41 PM
03/09/14 08:41 PM
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I'm pretty sure it can be said that the A12 Lift-Of-Hood is by far the BEST PERFORMANCE FRESH AIR INTAKE HOOD EVER TO BE PUT ON ANY PRODUCTION CAR IN HISTORY!! (Production meaning more than 500 assembly line built cars by a major manufacture ). The hood scoop design is found on lots and lots of race cars to this day and it is probably the most copied and used scoop design out there..............................BUT as a practical design with not having it hinged well that makes that a PIA.....so it is the lack of hinges that is the biggest negative and the fact that you cannot change from outside fresh air to a protected air source that gives it two thumbs down 
The AAR and T/A hoods are great example of the perfect A12 hood.....but who wants an E-body with 3x2's and a small block
Oh and I forgot about the AM radio interference from the lack of shielding by the A12 fiberglass hood that was also a source of complaints by owners...............and once again the AAR's and T/A's got the benefit of the A12 owners doing production testing for all of those little nuisances so they moved the AAR-T/A antennas to the rear.......the perfect A12 hood and antenna location for the hood too 
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