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Old 06-07-2022, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by gto4evr View Post
early 68 hoods had a T shaped bracket welded between the two mounting stud flaps to extend it out to the third one in the middle. probably discontinued early on since that bracket was in the way of opening the scoops up for RA. here's a pic of my 68 hood that still had chunks of them in place. back was chopped off to make room for the open scoop

should have asked for those trim pieces a few weeks ago.....I walked past a table at the Carlisle swap meet that had the three long straight pieces taped together for $10 I could have grabbed for you!

I still have two original hoods with these "loops" intact.
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