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Well I just sold my NOS nosecone and I would have to disagree with you about the factory ones being sloppy. Mine still had very nicely done lead work and the spot welded area under the bumper strip looked very nice also.
I also wonder what these repro guys used for a template. Did they take measurements off an NOS cone? I doubt it, likely got measurements off one 30 year old cone thats been bumped a few times.
I'll take a real cone that needs a little work before I'd take a repro.






Yes some NOS cones can be assembled very nicely,.....I recall 2 examples, amonst others, that I 've seen over the years that were nicely done, both for customers who had purschased them for their restorations,....NOS cone #1 looked beautiful,.....only problem was the front grille opening, should have measures 24" +/- 1/8" X 8 1/2" +/- 1/16,....it measured 23 5/8" wide X 8" high,....a factory grille would NEVER fit,....I had to customize one of my repro steel SB grilles to fit,........nosecone #2 was purchased from a California parts dealer, nice NOS cone, which when fitted to the car was 1 1/2" too narrow in witdh, it had to be cut and widened at the upswept outer edges at the nose to fender/hood lines to fit, and I've experienced that with a Daytona NOS cone as well,....along with a host of other NOS wingcar part maladies that customers send me