Cuda Style Hood on 1968 Charger

[Old Moparz]

I know we had a topic for non stock hoods but I can't find it.   

Anyway, I just saw this car on ebay & thought the fiberglass hood that's on it looks decent. As much as I like the stock hood, it's too bad they never had any other options available with fresh air set ups.

[Budnicks]

I've seen much allot worse, I'm kind of undecided really  ..., I love the short video with the little dog into the bushes 

[Patronus]

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,89612.0.html

[charger_fan_4ever]

Years ago there was a tripple black 68 R/T that ran at napierville dragway in quebec. Car was from Ny i believe. It had a scoop off a 69 1/2 6 pak bee/RR. Looked pretty sharp. Mind you it was on big and little weld prostars too.

[Old Moparz]

I've seen much allot worse, I'm kind of undecided really  ..., I love the short video with the little dog into the bushes 

I like it, but I don't know if I'd get that hood either. I just thought it was interesting enough to post.

Yeah, the dog video is hilarious, I like that much better than the hood.  

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,89612.0.html

Didn't see that topic but I knew there was a really old thread with the photo of the '69 with the same hood & the snow flakes falling.  

By the way, I've heard & read that Showcars Fiberglass Parts in Canada has a pretty poor quality & reliability record.  

[Fred]

I don't like it. Looks all wrong to me. 

[HANDM]

Matter of opinion and taste, and mine tells me that the/ a Charger needs no alteration......

[kab69440]

Nothing and I repeat nothing has ever left an assembly line "good enough".  Period.

[Marck]

I think it looks great.. 

[Ghoste]

Nothing and I repeat nothing has ever left an assembly line "good enough".  Period.

Disagree.  The 2nd generation Charger was perfect.  Sure you can add some aftermarket wheels or some subtle things like that  but the options are so limited before it begins to look bad that you may as well admit the factory had it right.  And even then, the car would still be smack down awesome without them.  And when it comes to major components like interiors or body lines, they were perfect when built.  Period.

[kab69440]

Nuh-uh. The first gens had awesome interiors. Second gens got the generic B-body treatment.  As for the body, whomever thought that giant booger in the center of the hood's leading edge was a good idea needs his teeth kicked down his throat. I made a point to cut that out, and I loved the result.  Let's not even go into how that huge and largely unsupported chunk of styrene that passes for the second gen's grille grows cracks and warps just sitting in the garage...   Beautiful? Absolutely.   Perfect? Absolutely not.

[Ghoste]

Perfect.  Not even worth discussion.lol

Being serious for a moment, that ridge in the hood and the grille are two of the features I especially like. lol

[Old Moparz]

Perfect.  Not even worth discussion.lol

Being serious for a moment, that ridge in the hood and the grille are two of the features I especially like. lol

I love the 2nd generation & almost agree that it's perfect, but I seem to recall that the turn signal wells in the hood collected dirt, pollen dust, tree droppings, & water that left stains.

Always hated having to clean that area when I had my '69 as a daily driver in the early 80's. 

[Ghoste]

Hey, no one said perfection didn't come at a price.

[Old Moparz]

Hey, no one said perfection didn't come at a price.

Well, my price was a garage.   

[F8-4life]

I think that hood looks nasty. Although I don't even like it on cuda's haha. I do wish the factory had offered a '70 style air grabber hood for chargers I think that would have been way cool.

[Indygenerallee]

I think the only one I have seen that I like was a Challenger T/A scoop looked right, That one does not look right at all hood is to "busy" the 2nd gen Chargers are badass they don't need hood scoops!!! 

[model maker]

This is about the 4th hood i have seen on a charger that didn't belong and i am surprised at how well they fit each time, still on the fence with this one.

[surmanajaja]

I kinda like it. I have seen shakers, 69 a12 sixpack scoops and max wedge scoops on chargers and only style of scoop that always looks BAD is the rounded "pro stock" style that really ruins the lines of the 2nd gen. but I would not put a scoop on my car.

[Indygenerallee]

Surmanajaja your right those rounded "pro stock" scoops make me wanna barf everytime I see one on a Mopar, be better if you had to run one, run the old Mopar S/S hoodscoop (looks like a breadbox!)

[Roger 68 charger]

I've had this hood for quite awhile.

[A383Wing]

I vote "Yes, I like the 'Cuda hood" in the first post in this thread...

Bryan

[bakerhillpins]

Looks ok to me. I think part of the hesitation I have with it is that I am not quite sure I like cars where the hood is a different color than the body.  Like this hood better than some others I have seen. 

[A383Wing]

Looks ok to me. I think part of the hesitation I have with it is that I am not quite sure I like cars where the hood is a different color than the body.  Like this hood better than some others I have seen. 

I agree...maybe someone here with photoshop skills can change the hood color to match the body and give us a better idea of what it would look like

Bryan  (where's Mike when ya need him most!) 

[Joshua]

Wow....when I saw the title of this thread I had to open it just to see the abortion of a 'Cuda hood on a Charger.....but it actually doesn't look bad....

[BIGBLCK11]

How's this? Quick PS on a low-res pic.

[A383Wing]

I like it...now I think I want one for the Daytona

Bryan

edit: (seems they don't make one for a 70 hood.....sigh)

[kab69440]

Oh yeah? Well, they didn't make a 70 Runner power bulge to fit a 69 Charger either, yet my car is wearing one. Don't be afraid, start chopping!

[model maker]

Did you guys see the post where a challenger had a 70 charger front end ? it fit perfectly and at first you thought you were looking at a 70 Charger and then the last half of the car made you look to try & fiqure out WHAT it was.

[Patronus]

That was shopped..

[model maker]

They are sure getting imaginitive.

[cdr]

I've seen much allot worse, I'm kind of undecided really  ..., I love the short video with the little dog into the bushes 

I like it, but I don't know if I'd get that hood either. I just thought it was interesting enough to post.

Yeah, the dog video is hilarious, I like that much better than the hood.  

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,89612.0.html                                   PLEASE FIND THE DOGS,THEY GOT AWAY & TOOK THE VIDEO

Didn't see that topic but I knew there was a really old thread with the photo of the '69 with the same hood & the snow flakes falling.  

By the way, I've heard & read that Showcars Fiberglass Parts in Canada has a pretty poor quality & reliability record.  

[64dartgt]

I like the cuda style hood.  I thought about doing this on my 73...but I lack the metal working skills at the moment.

In one sense, third gens, like my 73 are such bastard stepchildren you should do whatever you want, but on the other hand some stuff does look weird.  There are enough of jacked up / hacked up 3rd gens in the world already!

I really  like the way the flat hood looks with the rest of the body, but have toyed with the idea and have seen the twin surface mount a-body scoops and they looked pretty good.  

Some guy on ebay was selling a fiberglass shaker hood for 3rd gens, but it was $1500.  Shaker is just awesome.  He didn't have a finished photo with it all painted up though.  Seems like you could convert a flat hood, but it would be a challenge without templates for some of us rookie metalworking types.

I don't like 6 pack hoods...they look too short for the long hood in my opinion.  

I like the idea of putting 71 RT stripes on my 73, but if I went with a bulge hood I would like to have the cowl vents, which don't come on fiberglass hoods for obvious reasons.  Keeping my eyes open for a metal one...but isn't just about everyone?  VFN has a great price on a glass hood ($495) though and what I have read about them seems good.

[model maker]

I have seen the R/T hoods made for dodge trucks such as the Ramchargers of the 80-90's looks pretty darn good. If I still had my 85 ramCharger, i would have purchased one. i saw them in a magazine   MOPAR MUSCLE & THE HOODS WERE AT www.aarqualityfiberglass.com

[eabbey]

where did u get the hood?

[crj1968]

I do wish the factory had offered a '70 style air grabber hood for chargers I think that would have been way cool.

^ this- I agree, hardly noticeable but so cool when it opens.

[chargerbr549]

70 Charger with 70 RoadRunner Airgrabber pics, I think it would have been a great option to have. IMO

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,74697.0.html

[Mike DC]

       
The Air Grabber wouldn't be a bad idea.  But in general the 68-70 design favors a flat hood.  Some designs are like that. 
 

[A383Wing]

I thought about this one for my car, but going a different route now

[VegasCharger]

This is the hood I prefer

[Mytur Binsdirti]

I thought about this one for my car, but going a different route now

Good thing.

[Mytur Binsdirti]

This is the hood I prefer

Bingo, we have a winner! 

[lukedukem]

I thought about this one for my car, but going a different route now

is the top of that car dented in or is it the lighting

luke

[Charger_Fan]

How about a '72 Torino GT scoop?



BTW, I like how some newbie bumps a 4 year old thread to the top & we just run with it.

[Lennard]

BTW, I like how some newbie bumps a 4 year old thread to the top & we just run with it.

The newbie must be related to kerndog.

[70 sublime]

Not sure how well this would work if it could get enough air

[70 sublime]

under hood

not completed yet

[Charger_Fan]

Not sure how well this would work if it could get enough air

Hard to say, maybe if he made them taller, so they would open a bit farther...?

Here's a local car from a few years ago.


I think the '70 Coronet scoop looks pretty sweet.

[Charger_Fan]

And then there's...

[Lighthorseman]

While not a huge fan of the Chev-type cowl scoops, I have never seen the Coronet scoops on a 2nd Gen.  That actually looks pretty cool.  I do, however, doubt that MTD will like it!

Are there any other shots of this setup?

[VegasCharger]

Bingo, we have a winner! 

[timmycharger]

I kind of like that dual Ramcharger set up, very cleverly done 


I used to run a fiberglass six pack hood, but with my resto, I'm staying with the stock hood, the glass hood is now a piece of wall art unless In the future I change my mind 

[Charger_Fan]

Are there any other shots of this setup?

Nope, that's the only one I have unfortunately.

One more, I think this is a member's car...

[Patronus]

That yellow '70 looks amazing.
I will admit that Mopars are very hard to improve upon. The designs lend themselves to only minor changes.