Superbird under hood insulating pads

[FJ5WING]

Could I get a definitive answer on the idea that Superbirds did or didnt get the under hood insulation pads?

I removed a very ratty tattered  pad from my bird the day I brought it home because it was falling off in big chunks. Im being told its unlikely to have gotten a pad on the Birds.

Im having a hard time believing my pad wasnt original since it did have the original clips and was only 15 years out from being new(1986) without repops available.

Project Update:making some little bits of progress with too many steps backwards for my liking, Should have it resting on all four new shoes soon......unless of course I get buried in the pending snow about to hit the Mid Atlantic region.

[billssuperbird]

I would like to know to

[Arnie Cunningham]

The hood pad was supposed to be part of the undercoating package.  If you got factory undercoating, you got a hood pad.  As with all options, mistakes were made.  My car had factory undercoating but did not have a hood pad.  Al Wald's car got both.  It is sort of like the exhaust heat shield showing up on six pack cars.  Sometimes they did even though they couldn't be plumbed to the air cleaner.

[Arnie Cunningham]

If you happen to have the build sheet look for J55 "Undercoating with hood pad".
Note: factory undercoating is different from the sound deadener that all cars got in the fenderwells.

[light man]

I bought my 440 4 speed Superbird new and it did have the underhood insulation pad. I took it off shortly after I bought the car because I didn't think it looked good, still have the car though.

[oldcarnut]

Was debating about putting one in my clone.  I feel it tidys up the cross braces and pockets when it's in good shape but after a few wettings and dirt collecting, looks bad. Just wondering what others think about having them or not.