Lets see your grabber hood!

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  1. mavtricks71

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    Since we are alaways on subject of Grabber hoods i thought it would be cool to see everybodys spare hood! and condition, my spare i got a year ago is 100% rust free desert arizona hood! the only way i could find a better one is NOS :D theres not even surface rust on it, i prize this hood :bowdown: cuz i dont think ill get this lucky again (y) i remember the guy telling me it sat in his garage for like 12 or 15 years after , hmm wish i could find more like this :hmmm:
     
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    Mad Goon Scaring the Hondas

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    Nice, I like how its still glossy n stuff :)
     
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    WOW! Is the lip moulding that nice too? Some people really have "ALL" the luck don't they! Are you Irish too? Nice Find!!!
     
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    I still kick myself everytime I think about this subject.... I had one that was on my Dad's original 1972 Grabber that was red with the black inserts and it was in ABSOLUTE SHOWROOM Condition.... No Rust, paint wasn't even faded, nor the black stripes, Trim was good and even the paint on the underside of the hood was clean and shiney.... Sold it with the whole car for $450 back in 1985-86
     
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    Looks banged up and smooshed to hell to me ... :D
     
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    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    Heres a picture of the underside of mine, I can't find one of the top.
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    the lip molding is a little banged up, it will need a replacement ,
     
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    the hood alone today is worth more than the whole car you sold!!
     
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    very nice dave! looks to be rust free!
     
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    heres mine, acctually just getting ready to sell it.. it needs work, but i think its still got some use... (y)
     

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    you shouldnt sell it, hang on to it! there only going up in value!
     
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    I'm curious has anyone evr tried fabricating a Grabber hood from a regular hood, cut a couple of holes the correct way, build up some rolled steel to crfeat the tunnels, and weld it in? Seems like with the price of the hoods fabrication mught be getting to be a viabloe option? Once some one has template for the " weld on tunnels" could you theoretically make grabbers outta regular ones? That read hood with the scopps removed mad me think of it,
     
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    missing my 71 maverick i6 3 on the tree :(
    im faced with haveing to sell it cause i wont get that far with my car anytime soon.. and if i do i think i'll go with the glass hood from crites or just a scoop...

    thats asuming i am able to keep the old mav:cry: i may have to part with it soon to get a few bills paid:banghead: :(
     
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    here's how i bought mine for $150..... then welded new metal in it and it turned out great, but wasn't that bad to begin with so im not complaining :drive:
     
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