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Originally Posted by David Hakim
It puts the data book as solid evidence the hood was an available option on non T/A Challengers.
The Shelby letter you speak of was crafted around 10-15 years ago by a man whose memory was probably a bit skewed.
The Dodge dealer data book was printed in 1970-71 and distributed to hundreds of Dodge stores.
Also, pick up a 1970-71 Mopar Service Parts catalog and go to the fuel section. There, you will see the 340/440/HEMI air cleaner baseplate part numbers listed and in the footnotes, it calls out "w/ option code N94-Fiberglass hood."
Your claims of the hood being "bogus" is very weak and without merit. .
The glass hood was listed as an available option on Challenger models with 340/383/440-4V, 440 Six Pack and 426 HEMI.
Therefore, NHRA accepted it and has allowed the hood since the early 1970s. (There are shots SS/D - SS/DA HEMI Challengers from back in '71 with the glass hood and yes, there are racers also running Shakers).
Now, how many non T/A Challengers actually had the glass installed at the factory, probably less than three units.
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Your correct about the N94 option. The options was made available to non T/A Challengers 4/13/70.... After the T/A production run. There are only 5 known 1970 cars.
Black Hemi 4 speed
Red Hemi Auto.
Green 383 Auto.
Blue 383 4 speed
Blue 340 Auto.
As well there is a 1971 383 known. I own the black Hemi, it's the earlier build date of all known N94 cars too. There has been over the years speculation that the hoods were substituted for the Shaker hood while they were redesigning it with crumple zones crash safety. That has been proved wrong the fiberglass was made available so late the redesigned Shaker had already been out.
10-26-2014, 10:57 AM
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