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09/17/20 08:05 AM
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My brother has aT/A and he is starting to do some body work on it but the original was gone a long time ago so he wants to buy a new one does any body sell a good replacement he looking at year one for 1000 thanks for any help Matt.

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It’s a shame you didn’t say AAR hood, I have one of those I could have sold for considerably less than 1k
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Re: t/a hood [Re: AAR#2] #2821941
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Save 30%* until midnight Saturday at
YEARONE.com or 1-800-YEARONE.
Use Code: YN3171

Here is a 30% off coupon for Year One. It may work on the hood.

Jeff

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http://www.up22.com/challenger70.htm#DC-708

Never used them so can't comment on quality but here is an option to check out.

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Thanks I will let him know I wish somebody had used unlimited but they may be the only people making them

Re: t/a hood [Re: moparmatt0] #2822033
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these guys have the nicest TA hood. Its not like OEM (which means crappy and rough smile )

https://aarqualityfiberglass.com/product/hood-challenger-1970-1974-t-a-bolt-on/

There used to be a guy in Pennsylvania that made them crappy like OEM. ASC&P I think he called his company. I have one of his. NICE but too OEM looking for my T/A clone. I shoould have gone with one of the hoods above. In fact I was thinking about going with a more correct rallye hood or even a flat hood.

https://larrythephoenix.wixsite.com/ta-challenger-hoods/challenger-ta-hood

Molds are for sale. Sad to see them trashed. https://larrythephoenix.wixsite.com/ta-challenger-hoods


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Re: t/a hood [Re: 71TA] #2822157
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I know a guy that has an original TA hood. He’s been trying to sell it to me for $1400. It is painted and ready to install but he did mess up the paint a little the last time he took it to a swap meet. No way he’d be willing to crate it up to ship to NY, though.

Re: t/a hood [Re: 71TA] #2822189
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Originally Posted by 71TA
these guys have the nicest TA hood. Its not like OEM (which means crappy and rough smile )

https://aarqualityfiberglass.com/product/hood-challenger-1970-1974-t-a-bolt-on/

There used to be a guy in Pennsylvania that made them crappy like OEM. ASC&P I think he called his company. I have one of his. NICE but too OEM looking for my T/A clone. I should have gone with one of the hoods above. In fact I was thinking about going with a more correct rallye hood or even a flat hood.

https://larrythephoenix.wixsite.com/ta-challenger-hoods/challenger-ta-hood

Molds are for sale. Sad to see them trashed. https://larrythephoenix.wixsite.com/ta-challenger-hoods

I saw one from Unlimted and it was a poor fit width front to back and side to side was off. As I have seen sone the were not that great of a fit but the AAR ones are.
I too have one of the ASC&P hoods it was 3 parts like they were made botton top and scoop. They are rough. I spent way to much effort gettong it 100% and is way to nice now to pass for orginal. He looks like he no longer does it and is 100% into his hobby of being Balloon and Pilot Guy.
At the time AAR did nt make them and would have went that way. I could have done biody work on a whole car fir what it took to do just the hood.
They have a few washer setups sold out there. But would get the good metal ones are 100- 110 bucks but would pay once and get the right ones
I am not a 100% resto guy so added the SE hood trim to the rear as I have a 3 part set for hood and fenders I restored.
I used Ben Snowbar's whole set up. The base is 100% and the lid is the wide lip like it should be. I was lucky and he had a bent bast that was an easy fix so cut me a deal back then as we had pnety opf deals threw the years way back when he was in Hemmings I was buying X Blocks from him and other things.
If you do not have an Air Cleaner I would recomend his stuff as someone took the business over.

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Re: t/a hood [Re: 71TA] #2822307
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Originally Posted by 71TA
these guys have the nicest TA hood. Its not like OEM (which means crappy and rough smile )

https://aarqualityfiberglass.com/product/hood-challenger-1970-1974-t-a-bolt-on/



Jim, I know you've had your hood many years, and AAR did make a nicely finished piece, however AAR was acquired by Stinger, and Stinger products were always known for cheap resin, cheap gel coats, and substituting coremat for a quick/cheap build up to avoid using the proper OS mat/lay up, so I'd be Leary of an AAR product today.... from the few current parts that I've personally seen come out of Stinger/AAR they were inferior quality, nothing like AAR's past quality fit/finish....

Unlimited was mentioned also in this thread, granted Unlimited was a 50/50 shot in the past, they have been under new ownership/management the last few years and Kevin has greatly improved their products and service, the last few items I've received from Unlimited were very nicely done as far as fit/finsh

VFN is another source for T/A hoods, I haven't bought anything from VFN for a few years, but I never had any issues with hoods and fenders that I bought in the past, the quality of the gelcoat/glass/lay up were very nice

There's also USBodySource, I can't speak for their T/A offering, but I did buy a glass Shaker hood from them several years ago, the fit/finish was very good no complaints....

Mike

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Wow-what a turn of events AAR down and Unlimited the go-to.
Thanks, for the update on how things are now I live in the past.


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I bought an unlimited hood for my race car and took way to many hours to straighten it out. It was the lightweight race version.

Re: t/a hood [Re: 71TA] #2822928
09/20/20 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 71TA
Molds are for sale. Sad to see them trashed. https://larrythephoenix.wixsite.com/ta-challenger-hoods

Doc Fiberglass should jump on this.


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Re: t/a hood [Re: 340SIX] #2822929
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Originally Posted by 340SIX
Wow-what a turn of events AAR down and Unlimited the go-to.
Thanks, for the update on how things are now I live in the past.

Me too!! I was about to say get AAR and avoid Unlimited like the plague - but I guess things do change.
Wasn't it Unlimited that used to include a gallon of filler so that you could fill all the craters in the jellcoat?


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