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Technical Shop => Body Shop => Topic started by: Mopsquad on January 09, 2018, 05:22:19 PM

Title: "70 Cuda Go Wing install on a '74 Cuda deck lid
Post by: Mopsquad on January 09, 2018, 05:22:19 PM
Hello all and Happy New Year!

I've had my '70 convertible for over a year now.  I'm hoping to install a '70 Go Wing on it but recently realized that the builder used a '74 trunk lid.  I thought it to be odd that they cut this corner on such a high dollar build.

I'd like to avoid purchasing a '70 deck lid and have to paint match.  Can I use the '70 underside brackets and cut as needed?


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Title: Re: "70 Cuda Go Wing install on a '74 Cuda deck lid
Post by: Chryco Psycho on January 09, 2018, 06:05:08 PM
Yes you can use the 70 wing & brackets you should just need a couple of rond hole cut with a hole saw to get the studs through
Title: Re: "70 Cuda Go Wing install on a '74 Cuda deck lid
Post by: Mopsquad on January 09, 2018, 06:13:41 PM
Fantastic! Thank you.  I assume the underside curvature and stamping is the same for '70-'74 deck lids - so the brackets will butt up appropriately?
Title: Re: "70 Cuda Go Wing install on a '74 Cuda deck lid
Post by: Jim AAR on January 09, 2018, 06:16:16 PM
There's a very good post on here that has many pictures of trunk lids that should help you on where to make your access holes.


https://forum.e-bodies.org/body-shop/5/underside-of-the-trunk-lid-whats-yours-look-like/641/msg8520#msg8520
Title: Re: "70 Cuda Go Wing install on a '74 Cuda deck lid
Post by: Chryco Psycho on January 09, 2018, 06:43:23 PM
To my knowledge the stamping is the same but the access holes are different so the brackets will work , I have done this before years ago 
Title: Re: "70 Cuda Go Wing install on a '74 Cuda deck lid
Post by: Spikedog08 on January 09, 2018, 08:01:57 PM
Personally . . . I would leave the wing off.  Looks better without it IMO.   :alan2cents:
Title: Re: "70 Cuda Go Wing install on a '74 Cuda deck lid
Post by: Jay Bee on January 10, 2018, 06:06:05 AM
Ages ago I bought a set of templates from "First Place Auto Parts". Their website didn't show any but it looks like Year One carries them.

https://www.yearone.com/Catalog/challenger.cuda/body/spoilers/installation-templates
Title: Re: "70 Cuda Go Wing install on a '74 Cuda deck lid
Post by: anlauto on January 10, 2018, 06:10:55 AM
Quote from: Spikedog08 on January 09, 2018, 08:01:57 PM
Personally . . . I would leave the wing off.  Looks better without it IMO.   :alan2cents:

:iagree: I prefer a nice chrome luggage rack on a convertible if anything. :alan2cents:
Title: Re: "70 Cuda Go Wing install on a '74 Cuda deck lid
Post by: Mopsquad on January 10, 2018, 09:12:32 AM
Thanks everyone for your information and opinions.  Much appreciated! 
Title: Re: "70 Cuda Go Wing install on a '74 Cuda deck lid
Post by: nsmall on January 10, 2018, 08:34:17 PM
Hemi, Shaker, convertible, sublime green.  Dang, you got it all.  But if you think a spoiler will top it off, go for it.  I will agree with others, car looks friggin awesome...sometimes too many accessories can distract and be too much.  Once you cut, that matching paint deck lid, well, hard to go back.
Title: Re: "70 Cuda Go Wing install on a '74 Cuda deck lid
Post by: HEMICUDA on January 11, 2018, 02:30:09 AM
Locate where the holes are drilled on the top skin and drill all the way thru the bottom structure, make sure your straight.  Take the mounting plates and center the x2 holes and trace around the plate.  With a cutoff wheel, cut the hole smaller then bolt the wing on and be done with it.  The only tough part is locating the holes on the top shin.
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