MM Muscle - 1971 Dodge Challenger

[Jeff]

Oof for a couple hundred bucks I dunno if I would have pulled the trigger on that hood...it would have been like $50 to get the dent fixed in the other one right? either way if you didn't care about burning the cash and the work that had to be done I guess it's all good.

I actually ended up getting the flat hood fixed for free. He knocked the dent right out of it. I was really surprised it was that easy. Naturally that got done AFTER I got the new hood but I am going to move forward with it anyway. See the one thing I have going for me is I have people here to fix body issues. I can get body work done at no out of pocket expense. So I would rather save $250 off of a new aftermarket setup and have to fix a few small things to end up with an overall better result. The OEM hoods are (supposedly, I don't know this from personal experience) much thicker and better made then the ching-chong-china stuff you will get if you order the aftermarket. I was a little dissapointed when I got back and in the day light the flaws were more obvious then they had been at rainy dusk the night before but its sorta whatever. Its a 40 year old hood that has been around...what do I expect?

Yay I tied the votes 1-1

But I vote no R/T hood. Its not an R/T, so don't give it little ticks and tacks of the R/T. It's just like when my dumb friends try to put tons of m3 badges on their 325iss, it just isn't right IMO.

This hood was also called the "Rally" hood and was optional on any trim level of Challenger if you want to get technical. There are also R/T cars with flat hoods...like the one featured in that vintage road test video I posted on the last page.