tim72

Can somebody tell me the diffeence between a 1970 and 1972 ram air hood? Will a 1970 hood fit a 1972? The hoods at parts place have steel and fiberglass. Are they good?

tim72

Eric Anderson

The 70 hood is straight across from the edge of the hood tooth to the corner, the 71-72 is a notch type shape there is no tooth but the hood dips down at that area then notches up around the grille then back down again at the corner. They do not interchange. Hope that helps I think I just confused myself

I have a parts place steel framed 70 hood( I don't think they have a steel framed 71-72) seems okay not nearly as nice as Thorntons of course but I paid about $2000 less than a Thorntons for it so...

2blu442

To put a 1970 hood onto a 1972 car you'd need to change the radiator core support, grills, headlights, etc. pretty much everything but the bumper and the fenders. Below is a couple photos to show what Eric was describing. These both are the passenger side headlights and the edge of the grill. It got dark on me before I thought to photograph the area between the grills. John

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1971-72 Hood and grill


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1970 Hood and grill

tim72

john/Eric

Thanks for the clarification

Tim

agtw31

parts place hoods you just dont put on a car after painting.

they need some work on them.