1969 camaro hood

[David Hakim]

Originally Posted by Alex Denysenko

bogus
AND...Bill Hawk has a letter from Carrol Shelby stating they built single 4 barrel 67 GT-500's with solid lifter cams 850 Corvette Holley carbs and 428 Cobra jet cylinder heads all of which is 100% bogus so where does that put your dealer data book?

It puts the data book as solid evidence the hood was an available option on non T/A Challengers.

The Shelby letter you speak of was crafted around 10-15 years ago by a man whose memory was probably a bit skewed.

The Dodge dealer data book was printed in 1970-71 and distributed to hundreds of Dodge stores.

Also, pick up a 1970-71 Mopar Service Parts catalog and go to the fuel section. There, you will see the 340/440/HEMI air cleaner baseplate part numbers listed and in the footnotes, it calls out "w/ option code N94-Fiberglass hood."

Your claims of the hood being "bogus" is very weak and without merit. .
The glass hood was listed as an available option on Challenger models with 340/383/440-4V, 440 Six Pack and 426 HEMI.

Therefore, NHRA accepted it and has allowed the hood since the early 1970s. (There are shots SS/D - SS/DA HEMI Challengers from back in '71 with the glass hood and yes, there are racers also running Shakers).

Now, how many non T/A Challengers actually had the glass installed at the factory, probably less than three units.

If it's listed as a factory option in dealer marketing materials that were printed when the car was new, that's pretty compelling evidence that even an intelligent man such as yourself would grasp.