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A12- first off- very cool Runner! I fully expect all the what if's.. The car sat from 76 until 81 when I bought it. I bought it from a guy that used it for a family car of all things . Now, does that state it's originality- no- Do I firmly believe that this car is what it is? Absolutely.
I know this is going to ruffle alot of feathers. Heck, even if I bought the car new and still had it. People would still say that I would have put the hood on or installed the emblems. One thing is that the car is an original N96 scoop car. It still had the original Holley carb, and oval base/round open element air cleaner assy. Hey anything is possible but, I pulled the front end off (when I wrecked the right fender in 85) and no paint / body work was done to the car before that.

How old is your car in the pic?

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My feathers aren't rustled. There are hundreds of examples of factory mistakes and your car MIGHT be one of them. I say "might" because when you bought the car it was 11 years old and many things could have happened. I would, however, believe you that it was factory if you bought the car new.

In any case, all I can tell you is that N96 cars weren't SUPPOSED to get the fender badges and the vast majority (actually all that I have seen except yours) don't have them. I will readily admit that your car might have come from the factory that way.

Nice car....that accident damage makes me cringe! The blue stripe is rare and not repoped (leger green is another one).


Dave