Re: 440-6 Challenger with T/A hood.
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Didn't they install T/A hoods when they didn't have any shakers in stock?
Tim, there has been a story that T/A hoods were used when there was a factory shortage of Shaker hoods but that has since been proven to be a myth.
Joe
Thanks Joe, I hadn't heard that. Tim
Shaker hoods weren't replaced with T/A hoods in 1970. But...
If I recall correctly, someone had said they ordered a 71 car with the N94 T/A hood & received it with an N96 Shaker hood along with a letter of apology indicating a temporary lack of T/A hoods in 71.
I suspect that is where the shaker vs. T/A hood myth started.
Tav
It's more likely that people didn't do any research to find out that the T/A hood was actually an option on non-T/As.
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Re: 440-6 Challenger with T/A hood.
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Didn't they install T/A hoods when they didn't have any shakers in stock?
Tim, there has been a story that T/A hoods were used when there was a factory shortage of Shaker hoods but that has since been proven to be a myth.
Joe
Thanks Joe, I hadn't heard that. Tim
Shaker hoods weren't replaced with T/A hoods in 1970. But...
If I recall correctly, someone had said they ordered a 71 car with the N94 T/A hood & received it with an N96 Shaker hood along with a letter of apology indicating a temporary lack of T/A hoods in 71.
I suspect that is where the shaker vs. T/A hood myth started.
Tav
It's more likely that people didn't do any research to find out that the T/A hood was actually an option on non-T/As.
I first heard the "out-of-stock" Shaker story in a NHOA newsletter article in the 1980s...
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Re: 440-6 Challenger with T/A hood.
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Whether there were actually any 440-6 Challengers ordered with a TA hood may never proven, Chrysler likely intended for it to happen. This Fram scale size print of the TA aircleaner has in the bottom corner...
Vehicle Description E-body 340 6 440 CID 1970 1/2 & 1971 3 2 V
I KNOW for sure it happened because I saw it with my own eyes in 1970 on the car in my above post on a yet undelivered new car.
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Re: 440-6 Challenger with T/A hood.
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I saw this car in person. Julius does great work.
68 Roadrunner 383 4-speed 66 Charger tubbed,caged,4 link(my first car) 68 Barracuda 318 4-speed a/c 66 Satellite 426 Hemi 70 W100 short bed 340 T/A
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Re: The most expensive air cleaner ever!!!
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The N94 Hemi challenger was owned by my father back in the 80's. The old picture is of the car I believe parked at Rio Dodge in Austin. Since youre on the topic of air cleaners...... Here is a story that I constantly blackmail my father with. Back after my father bought the car, he was in the process of restoring it back to its original condition. It had been a drag car out in west texas and had been repainted red with blue and white fishscales and ribbons with lots of metalflake and cracked clear coat on top (typical 70's paint job). The cars original engine had been sold only months after the car was new and replaced with a hotter race motor. By the time my father got the car it had no engine, the transmission was in the trunk, and it came with a ralleye hood and a T/A hood. After my father had the car repainted and began assembling it he had trouble finding the correct air cleaner to fit both the 426 Hemi and the T/A hood. He found a car magazine (purely out of luck) that had all the part numbers for the air cleaner assemblies that went on cars with the N94 hood option. He still had trouble finding the piece he needed, but he eventualy found an ad in Hemmings motor news. My father calls it "the most expensive air cleaner assembly ever". This is becuase he traded a lime green 1970 Shaker hood 4 spd Hemi 'Cuda (rolling body) for it. Yes, a 'Hemi Cuda for an air cleaner............
Hi Lee... Welcome to Moparts!
What you say is true... here is the rest of the story:
I found the Hemi `Cuda in the Houston area, but passed on it because I wanted a more complete car. I passed the info on to James J., who then bought it. Mark knew I regreted not getting the `Cuda, and called me a few years later to say he could trade James out of it if I still wanted the car... I DID!
The deal was set that I sent payment of $500 to Terry M. for the NOS aircleaner and lid which he shipped to your dad, who traded James out of the `Cuda and sent me the title paperwork... I picked the `Cuda up from James' dad's dealership on my next trip down to Texas.
The `Cuda was a rolling body, minus the Shaker hood... here are some pictures...
Allen V.
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Re: The most expensive air cleaner ever!!!
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Funny just how things worked out for you with the Hemi T/A breather. Mccannix living half of North American away from Texas puts a for sale Ad in Hemmings Motor News. I believe he had just purchased the larger mass of Fram made parts for Chryslers. Can not remember just how many of those breathers he purchased with the load. I wonder if Fram made more than Ten of those breathers total. I would think there might of been 2 to 6 Challengers sold with T/A hoods with a hemi. and the rest of the breathers in there were ten might of been for over the counter sales or maybe for warrenty repacement.
1971 HEMI E BODY REGISTRY
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Re: The most expensive air cleaner ever!!!
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Do you know the VIN? I would be curious to know if it is one of the two currrently known or a third one.
Email with VIN sent..
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Re: The most expensive air cleaner ever!!!
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That has to be the rarest air cleaner assembly ever produced by Chrysler during the musclecar era!
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Re: The most expensive air cleaner ever!!!
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Moparts member JRepucci had a NOS HEMI/N94 baseplate, I wonder if it is the air cleaner that ended up on "El HEMI". Mccannix, did you only have 1 HEMI/N94 air cleaner?
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