What's with the hood...

[X-TECH MAN]

So tell us what does any of the K or D "code" fight between Merc. and Ford have to do with the hood pictured? Like I said.....it looks cool and if NHRA says go for it then use it but it wasnt the way the 64 Comets came unless it had the 427 Hi Riser in it. Saw a cpl of 271 HP 202 sedans with the 271 HP back in 1964-65 but none had anything other than a steel flat hood. My late friend Gene Collins (Alex should remember him as Gene bled blue if he cut himself) tried to order a 64 version with a 271 HP Auto and all the bells and whistles but couldnt get it even though he was fully sponsored by a Mercury dealer in Md. He got a 271 HP 202 sedan Model w/4-speed back in 1965 (He hated stick cars after losing a couple of toes in a cluth explosion in his Corvette) The dealer owned and fully sponsored Comet was Maroon in color with silver stripes like all the other Jr. stockers of that era w/black interior which ran C/S in 1965 against cars like the 389 SD 60 Pontiacs. Neither year offered the hood as an option ! The 65 car has been pictured in Super Stock Magazine.back in 65 at an NHRA points meet or at the so called "Presidents Cup" race at the now long gone Aquasco race track. The caption says the dealership owner was driving but he couldnt drive a nail with a hammer. Gene wanted an automatic car as the stick cars made him nervious so bought a new 66 Mustang fastback with the 271 HP and auto an named it "Pegasus". He won the Daytona winternationals with that car. Never saw any documentation on the hood for the Comet...... he couldnt get the hood or the automatic in the 64 or the 65 car even with all the right connections so spent his own money for the beautiful Mustang. . Im not fighting the right for Dlux to use the hood. I like the looks. Just stating how it was back in the day.