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Old Aug 16, 2021 | 07:47 PM
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reverse hood kits ?

Im wanting a reverse hood kit for my 54 . There seems to be a lot of variation in the www prices . Some are $400 plus others half that .
I would love to hear your recommendations if you brought one and where from ?
I have to ship to Australia so I dont want to get rubbish but that doesnt mean buy the most expensive one .
US dollars $170 becomes $230 plus shipping .
Let me know please

 
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Old Aug 17, 2021 | 06:17 AM
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I'm following along wanting to know about the quality of the $170- USD kits too. @Timmo You brake booster/mc is on the righthand side...JK... just yesterday I was thinking how cool it would be to have a RH drive F100 and how much a used RH box would cost? Of course would need a rh dash panel too. There are power RH steering boxes here in the U.S.A. available for the later model "mail delivery" Cherokees. Forgive me for hijacking your thread. I am interested in the reverse tilt hood kits.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2021 | 07:36 AM
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I bought one of the kits off of Ebay. It was $198 then. And it works fine. Its probably the same kit that the usual vendors sell.

 
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Old Aug 17, 2021 | 07:43 AM
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I used the MMB kit from Mid-Fifty. It's been on my truck for 9 years and probably 50K miles with absolutely no problems. My truck is a daily driver, so this would be a real world review.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2021 | 05:12 PM
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Talking reverse hood kit

Ah yes mine is in Aussieland , there was a number not sure how many manufactured here and thats one of them .
I think they originally had a very ugly rear end on them with half fenders bulging out . Ewww

Anyway someone must know why these reverse hoods are so wildly priced for one to the other , they all look the same in the crappy
pictures for sale .
 
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Old Aug 17, 2021 | 07:17 PM
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I bought a cheapy one from ebay. Looks the same as the pricy one from Midfifty. Instructions were not great. Seems like they were translated from something else. Went to the Midfifty web site to figure it out. Works good but have not driven the truck yet.
 
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Old May 28, 2022 | 08:25 PM
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05/29/22 - I have been waiting for my second hood kit to arrive , the first one was " lost in freight " .
The second was just plain cancelled grrrrr .
Will try from midfifty I guess and pay the extra cost dammit .
 
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Old May 29, 2022 | 04:07 PM
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I have a mid fifty and no problems. They always , most of the time from the same vendors. I have no problem with mine.
 
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