What's with the hood...

[Bob Wibright]

I believe that hood was available in 64 on the Cyclone. There is one on E-bay now and I wrote the owner this morning and he says it is fiberglass. Good pics on E-bay of the bottom of the hood.

[X-TECH MAN]

I hate to inform you but this is another NHRA tech deal if this is indeed a Super Stock car. This hood only came later on the 1964 A/FX 427 Comet Calientes (sp?) after Mercury found out they flowed more air to the carbs than the T-Bolt style hood scoop. Ronnie Sox recieved the first of the new style hoods. The early 1964 A/FX Comets had the T-Bolt style hood. All were fiberglass in 64 and 65 ! More NHRA stupidity. Even the 64 289/271 cars (very very few made) had the standard steel hood. The 289/271 engines cars that were not B/FX in 1965 were more plentiful yet still had the standard steel hood.
The rest of you are smoking some good stuff as Mark Y is 1000 % correct. The same style hood scoop came on the 1965 A/FX cars on the Cyclone body. They also came on the 1965 B/FX Cyclones with the 289's. Just another NHRA "BJ". The Super Stocker in the picture is bogus yet NHRA seems to allowed it.

[Dwight Southerland]

Probably need a FoMoCo historian on this one, but I seem to remember that the hood was made available on Caliente models only to commemorate the East African Safari deal. Base engine on the Caliente was a 6-banger so I doubt it was considered a real performance option. The question is whether or not it was cosmetic or really a fresh air service as it was installed on production cars.

[Jeff Kempton]

A friend still has the hood from his old Caliente in the rafters of his garage. It was a small block car and the hood was factory installed and fibreglass. I don't recall the year of his car offhand though.

If I recall correctly, a recent Hemmings Musclecar issue featured a restored Comet with this hood and it was documented as factory. I'll have a look for it when I get home.

[partsbob67]

I think that x-tech man is correct. I think you could get it as an dealer installed option from ford. have to check my micro fishe at work but seems like the only hood listed is the flat hood with no scoops.

[X-TECH MAN]

Its hard to read the class on the windshield in the picture posted by Mark but if its SS/M then the engine is the factory 289/210 HP combo. That hood for that combo is BOGUS except some tech guy allowed it like so many other BS deals over the past several years within NHRA. Good eye Mark. You should work tech for NHRA.

[qwiked]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

Its hard to read the class on the windshield in the picture posted by Mark but if its SS/M then the engine is the factory 289/210 HP combo. That hood for that combo is BOGUS except some tech guy allowed it like so many other BS deals over the past several years within NHRA. Good eye Mark. You should work tech for NHRA.

Yac would never work for the "enemy"

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by qwiked

Yac would never work for the "enemy"

Correction : The enemy would never pay Yac enough to do his job correctly.

[442OLDS]

Don't know if it was this thread or a coincidence,but there is a full page photo of the car in the latest National Dragster.Nice shot.

The car is even older than me.Did they really come with parking light delete option?

[Ed Wright]

I know the 271hp Mustang just came with the normal flat steel hood. Good friend had one new. Best I remember, the only way you could tell it was a 271 was when it started up.