hood differences / years?
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Laughing Gas
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hood differences / years?
I've searched this to death and just can't find it. I have like 10 hoods that I have for sale. The outside shell is the same on all of them but there's like 3-4 different shells for the inside. Does anyone know the year differences so I can describe exactly what I got for it's been many years since I parted a bunch of trucks out and don't recall what year they came off of. Guess I can post pics but figured out of all the pics on here we could figure it out. Some of the hoods have holes in the sides of the bottom shell and some are solid. There's like 2-3 different hole configurations between the ones with holes as well. I guess it could be an assembly plant difference as well?
To most potential buyers it wouldn't matter. But to some purist, it does.
Thanks!
To most potential buyers it wouldn't matter. But to some purist, it does.
Thanks!
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some hoods have ford letters in the hood others on the grille. one difference on the 79 that I had it had cutouts so the hood would take the damage in a crash, also had brackets so hood would not end up in the windshield.
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73-mid 77 NO FORD on the hood, late 77 to 79 FORD on the hood. IMO the less holes in the underside panel, the earlier the hood.
Pretty sure the late models have the fist size or bigger holes on the sides (in the inner liner) for....?
Pretty sure the late models have the fist size or bigger holes on the sides (in the inner liner) for....?
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IMO I wouldn't use any hood before '78. They are dangerous because they have no crumple zones. In a front collision that big hood is going right through the windshield. It was a big enough deal that Ford redesigned them. They all interchange so I will never take a chance on it....
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Welp, I had my 67-72 hoods all in my mind. Found all that info on Fordification.
As for 73-79 besides the crumple zones, I looked there's minute differences. I see 1973 had square holes under the lip. Somewhere before 1976 they went to round I guess for ease. Then the molding of the bottom changed somewhere before 1979. It was an all different shape under the lip I guess for the letters? The rear bottom is all identical. I see Explorer had an extra hole for the emblem.
Besides that, as mentioned, crumple zones are the biggest difference added sometime between 76 and 79.
As for 73-79 besides the crumple zones, I looked there's minute differences. I see 1973 had square holes under the lip. Somewhere before 1976 they went to round I guess for ease. Then the molding of the bottom changed somewhere before 1979. It was an all different shape under the lip I guess for the letters? The rear bottom is all identical. I see Explorer had an extra hole for the emblem.
Besides that, as mentioned, crumple zones are the biggest difference added sometime between 76 and 79.
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