Well my car wasn't an a12, but had the hood and to me it was good and bad at times... not fun to remove the hood to check oil or something simple. However it was really nice at other times to not have a hood to hit my head on or hinges to avoid.

68 Road Runner, 69 Belvedere, 71 Challenger Vert
340 barracuda, 01 Ram CTD, 95 Ram, 04 Ram, 85 Daytona turbo Z
66 GTO, 06 Magnum RT AWD. 07 Ram CTD, 07 Ram