71 NASA Ram Air Hood

I found a guy selling an original NASA Ram Air Hood off of a 71 Mach 1 he had, said he'd sell it to me for $500 and I would have to pick it up in Texas (I live in KS ). Is this expensive for just a hood? It doesn't have functioning Ram Air, or the Bevels for the two air intake ports.

Edit: It's been in his garage since 71. So no damage/rust/etc.

Dude are you kidding?

That hood shouldn't be worth much to YOU unless you're putting it on a genuine Ram Air Mustang trying to match #'s and such...

Have one bought and shipped in fiberglass for $375 bucks...

Unless you gotta have steel then go for it...

I'm not worried about matching numbers. I'm not worried about concours correct or OEM and all. As long as the body/frame is all original it doesn't matter to me. But I wasn't sure if $500 + travel expensise from KS > TX > KS would be worth it for this hood. And yes, I would be making the Ram Air functioning for my car. I don't like fiberglass otherwise I would have went the cheap route. I'd like a steel hood but I am iffy on the cost. That's all.

Originally Posted by Dcollins85

I'm not worried about matching numbers. I'm not worried about concours correct or OEM and all. As long as the body/frame is all original it doesn't matter to me. But I wasn't sure if $500 + travel expensise from KS > TX > KS would be worth it for this hood. And yes, I would be making the Ram Air functioning for my car. I don't like fiberglass otherwise I would have went the cheap route. I'd like a steel hood but I am iffy on the cost. That's all.

Personally I think $500 is overkill....

eBay Motors: Mustang Hood NASA Ram Air 71-73 (item 290259328440 end time Sep-15-08 15:21:48 PDT)

You can get brand new Ram Air hoods for under $300...doesn't include shipping, but even with that is should still be less than $500.

Even "good" ram air hoods stored in garages I find tend to have some rust hidden inside...Personally, unless restoring a "numbers matching" car, I would go with the repop...just need the scoop inserts, and the lip moulding...and then you can decide if you want to make it a functional ram air hood or not, all the pieces are pretty much being repopped nowadays.

Good luck!
Mike

I wouldn't mind a reproduction hood if it were steel, I just don't like fiberglass.

The one I listed in response here is steel...most Mustang parts suppliers are carrying them as well. All steel like the original, you just need the "extras"...scoops & inserts, hood lip moulding and ram air (or the block offs).

Usually I see them selling for around $275 to $350 depending on vendor...shipping varies too.

Mike