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71 Road Runner / GTX Air Grabber Hood cars- Hood Paint #1118276
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Does the ends of the hood where the black air grabber insert end get painted black ( if so what texture) on Road Runners AND GTX s in 71?

Or is it a model thing? I have seen it done on both, but not sure if this is due to an incorrectly restored vehicle or it was done from the factory this way.

Also, what color were louvers if they were so equipped? Were they always body colored ? Or only available with vinyl top, and always black?

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Re: 71 Road Runner / GTX Air Grabber Hood cars- Hood Paint [Re: MOPARMIKE69] #1118279
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Little tough to see with the car painted black but yes.
I see that is a GTX.

From what I have seen lately, I don't see that paint getting extended at the end towards the windshield on the Road Runners with A/G hoods.

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Some colors got the paint on the hood itself other colors did not. Unfortunately I can't tell you which did and which didn't.

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In '71, I believe, all RR & GTX with an "AIR GRABBER" have V21 & the (organisol?) black scheme continued on the vent area of the hood.

Louvers were limited to a small number of colors & black - they were NOT available with the "full" vinyl top.

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I don't think that's correct. Curious Yellow is one color I think did NOT get the hood paint like this example.

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If the car has the V21 option it gets painted like the air grabber...

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If the car has the V21 option it gets painted like the air grabber...





Gotcha, so not all cars got the V21... Obviously.

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V21 is Performance hood paint and an option
May be HEMI std. but never owned one so don't know. Ron

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Ah, so the key is it has to have the V21 code with the A/G option.
So no V21 no stripe at the end .
Does this also include the stripes at the back of the exhaust, or is that a separate code?

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I looked at my 72 today and it looks like the back of the hood was painted as well as the cowl area inside the hood gasket.

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Link to the roadrunnernest showing paint colors for louvers (all other colors got flat black louvers).
http://www.roadrunnernest.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=485

Agree with others, V21 indicated the hood blackout behind the AG bubble (although I've seen a few cars not coded V21 that did have the paint blackout).

The rear bumper/valance blackout was part of the A87 package on road runners and separately coded M75 on GTXs


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That illustration appears to indicate that ALL 71 air grabber cars , regardless of V21 code code the hood blackout treatment in the rear of the hood ( unless I missed something in the details of that drawing)...

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where do you see it indicate the paint blackout is correct for all air grabber cars?


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where do you see it indicate the paint blackout is correct for all air grabber cars?




In the lower right hand corner it says " PAINT - AIR GRABBER HOOD"
I interpret that to mean the extended paint at the end of the hood towards the windshield is part of the air grabber hood package.

Unless I missed something, or someone else has another illustration or documentation that says otherwise...

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where do you see it indicate the paint blackout is correct for all air grabber cars?




In the lower right hand corner it says " PAINT - AIR GRABBER HOOD"
I interpret that to mean the extended paint at the end of the hood towards the windshield is part of the air grabber hood package.

Unless I missed something, or someone else has another illustration or documentation that says otherwise...



Using your logic that means that there should be a plymouth on every air grabber hood car. There isn't, see attached. The hood paint extention was a coded option. Just because it had a air grabber didn't mean it also got the additional hood paint.


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where do you see it indicate the paint blackout is correct for all air grabber cars?




In the lower right hand corner it says " PAINT - AIR GRABBER HOOD"
I interpret that to mean the extended paint at the end of the hood towards the windshield is part of the air grabber hood package.

Unless I missed something, or someone else has another illustration or documentation that says otherwise...



Using your logic that means that there should be a plymouth on every air grabber hood car. There isn't, see attached. The hood paint extention was a coded option. Just because it had a air grabber didn't mean it also got the additional hood paint.




My Engineering background is with aircraft, but here goes...

The "Plymouth" badging seems to be the feature controlled by sales codes (A93) and possibly year or mid-year effectivity breaks. I cannot clearly read all the effectivity modifier text, or some of the text in the revision block... maybe someone else following this thread can.

Since there appears that there are no effectivity modifiers on the callouts for the paint application, my guess is that all Air Grabber equipped cars would have had it...

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I have copies of all the 71 B body stripe/paint engineering drawings. As I recall, they don't necessarily tell you when it is correct to apply the decals or stripes, but do indicate how to correctly apply them when needed.
Bottom line is some cars did not come through with the area behind the bubble painted...and I have many fender tags on file both with and without V21 for N96 cars.
Also, I have details for stripes that were never factory installed on cars (obviously discontinued before production).


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