[mrgoats]

Any body have any idea about how much a decent ram air hood should sell for.
scott

[Chiefpontiac]

Depends. Are you buying or selling?

[ponjohn]

I sold one 3 years ago 900 EASILY.

[mrgoats]

selling, I have one on ebay and am getting hit with everybody wanting a buy it now
thanks for the info

[mrgoats]

what's the difference if im buying or selling anyway. I'm just asking for an opinion on value. I have not seen one sell , so I am trying to get an idea

[ponjohn]

Can you provide a link, I would like to see where it ends up.

john

[mrgoats]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/68-70...QQcmdZViewItem

[TJH]

Difficult to say. For one that has a "slight bend", as you say, I'd think that the bidding is pretty much at what it's worth, right now. Once it's kinked, or even bent slightly, the metal is fatigued, and some surgery, and post-op prayer, will be necessary.
If it is perfectly unrusted (as in Arizona unrusted, not NY state unrusted), completely straight and never kinked, with the original factory Ram Air cutouts, one will bring around $1K easily.

[walsh1]

My experience is that once its kinked your screwed! It will never be right.

[ponjohn]

I have another one too, that is rotted and has a slight kink as well. I would think that one could seperate the skeleton from the skin and reinforce or straighten them apart them reassemble.

A lot of work yes....worth it...yes.

OR find a non ram air hood and reskin the r/a skeleton.

How much are good OEM non ram air hoods going for now a days?

John

[trishieldchief]

I have 3 original rustfree Ram Air hoods withe underbrace cutouts for Ram Air pan.
They are all kinked and Junk ! You will never get a kinked hood straight again.
Repop hoods are excellent and were sorely needed.
Go buy one support the hobby.

[Wakepowell]

Wouldn't it be easier to cut the skeleton on a non ram air hood? Or did Pontiac actually build the ram air hood differently?

[BLKBRD]

You can easily cut the frame with a cut-off wheel. Then do a little grinding to clean it up and no one will ever know, unless they can find the part number stamped on it.

[mrgoats]

where is the part #?
When we are talking about the kink. I mean when the hood is closed it lines up with the top and bottom of the drivers side fender. In the middle of the fender it sits up about 1/4 inch. Just to be clear thats what you mean when you say kinked. I was told that was from heavy right handers closing the hood???

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

You have to judge more by the kink in the underframe - in front of hood hinge mounting area. The amount of wrinkle visible there in the picture of the underside indicates a previous malfunctioning hinge - and hinge operator.

It can be fixed in various degrees, requiring various amounts of skill and labor. Then there is the rusted out area up front also. My opinion of value as-is for some guy who HAD to have an original Ram Air Hood is about $300 tops. I wouldn't go over $200 personally, and I could fix it all myself. Would much rather go buy a new one and make the proper cuts.

I just sold/shipped a really nice 71-72 Hood recently. It is quite an ordeal start-to-finish to properly package, protect and crate a Hood when you absolutely want it to get there in the exact same condition.

[bjohnson]

Can anyone provide a picture of a ram air hood skeleton? Is there a difference between ram air hood and non ram air hood. Why would they do that?

[bjohnson]

Ok I see the difference. I found a pic and answered my own questions.
See, you something new everyday.

[TJH]

Yes, that slightly raised area in the middle is the exact spot where they all kink.
You will find it is almost precisely above the forward edge of the hood hinge below.
The rectangular cutouts in the underside frame were designed as stress risers, to allow the hood to fold up in a collision (rather than going through the windshield, and decapitating the occupants). Unfortunately, those cutouts, combined with stiff hinges and careless people closing the hood incorrectly, have caused almost all of the used hood out there to be bent as yours is.
I see the auction price has gotten pretty high- congrats on that. Personally, it's now priced a LOT higher than what it is worth (given the condition).

[ponjohn]

The 69-70 are more prone to kinking. The 68 had more metal just forward of the hinge. In 69 the safety requirements did not allow that metal to be there.

[mrgoats]

67 watchers I never had that many on anything. I had no idea on value, I described it as best I could and took a bunch of pictures. Not selling these parts for profit just make room. I hope the buyers know what they are bidding on.