Intro: I've never been happy with my glass hood from Mustangs Unlimited, years ago when I was budget limited and the paint/body guy had the ticker on I did not make the decision to pull the hood and find a better fitting. And now years later I regret it, not only does it bow in the center (arches above the fenders) but it is not physically right in regards to dimensions.
So in the off season I wil be doing the rear valance over and since paintwork will take place I think it might be time to rework/replace the hood since it really is a sore spot. Decided this time I would get some measurements to compare. The two critical measurements I am after are the width of the hood at the cowl edge and the width at the front of the hood (between the two "fender points" and/or the widest point at the front). Here's what I've collected (numbers are all for '67/8): Vendor/Part -- Cowl Width -- Front Width MU Shelby Hood -- 47 1/8" -- 45" MD Shelby Hood -- 47 1/2" -- 45" Maier Cowl Hood -- 47 1/2" -- 45 1/4" Stock Hood 1 -- 47 5/8" -- 45 1/8" Stock Hood 2 -- 47 5/8" -- 45 1/8" Stock Hood 3 -- 47 3/4" -- 45 1/4" MU = Mustangs Unlimted MD = Mustang Depot If anyone else can provide additional measurements for 67/68 hoods by any vendor or style please add. |
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Measured the ones pictured above, both are ´67, one (the black one) is what I believe the original from my early ´67 coupe and the other one is from a ´67 convertible. I might have a chance to measure at least one more stock hood tomorrow. If so = I´ll be back. Vendor/Part -- Cowl Width -- Front Width Stock Hood 4 -- 47 25/32" -- 44 15/16" Stock Hood 5 -- 47 11/16" -- 45" |
The hood width at the cowl should be the same width as the cowl itself. That might vary slightly car-to-car so you might measure yours and use that as your goal measurement.
The front width is very adjustable, therefore not very critical. |
Originally posted by Mberglo@October 21, 2004, 7:03 PM The hood width at the cowl should be the same width as the cowl itself. But yeah the cowl width is the goal. |
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