Challenger Shaker N96 Hood history / Notes

[Cuda Cody]

Great site you have @speeddemon      Thanks for sharing.

[RzeroB]

Found this thread that Tav participated in over on Moparts. It has a lot of pictures illustrating the differences between the hoods ...

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/327628/all/challenger-hoods.html

[6bblgt]

looks like SHAKER hood Challengers are bringing in the new-bees

WELCOME GUYS!! 

[1 Wild R/T]

Seems like a good place for this....  I only have the tag photo, don't know the owner... Saw it at a Goodguys event, supposedly hadn't been on the road in years....

[6bblgt]

WOW!!   just a few assigned VINs before this one 

[1 Wild R/T]

Unfortunately no... There were allot of people around the car & I couldn't get a good shot, I was at the event with a group  no one else got how cool this car was....  Unrestored, kinda scruffy... Really cool...

[6bblgt]

reading comprehension fail!  I edited my post - did it have blue stripes "V6B"? or no stripes "V68"? argent bubble?

[1 Wild R/T]

Unfortunately V68... V6B would have been a great choice but unfortunately not the case....

[fc7cuda]

Definitely organosol.

  I have an original black bubble and, as stated earlier, it's not smooth. Definitely not as textured as the the argent silver ones either.   

[cataclysm80]

Found this thread that Tav participated in over on Moparts. It has a lot of pictures illustrating the differences between the hoods ...

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/327628/all/challenger-hoods.html

That's back when I first started organizing all the little bits of info I had gathered from all over, into this more comprehensive description, and many people helped iron out the details and edit the text.

It would have been great if we'd continued to do a thorough description like this for every E body option, like Ken and I suggested.
Maybe we can do it here in this forum.
Imagine if you could have all the details for any option at your fingertips.  It would help a lot of people, restorers and people adding factory options to their car.


This also reminds me that when I look up a question on the internet, it's not unusual to find myself from the past providing the answer on a forum somewhere. 

[cataclysm80]

Good stuff. Wish we had some pictures or illustrations to point these different features out 

That's an excellent suggestion.  Here you go.

(Yes, I realize that 1st Version hood pic on top isn't a Shaker Hood.  It just needs to show what a Challenger hood without Crumple Zones looks like, and that was the most suitable pic I had at the time.)

[cataclysm80]

Here's a few more pics that might help someone out.

[71vert340]

Last year, I took a picture of my shaker grille for someone and you can see the texture of the paint. I'm sure it's worn by the years but my shaker parts have never been repainted. In 2015, for the first time ever since I bought the car in 1972, I took the shaker apart to clean it. Here's a couple of pics.
Terry

[fc7cuda]

Last year, I took a picture of my shaker grille for someone and you can see the texture of the paint. I'm sure it's worn by the years but my shaker parts have never been repainted. In 2015, for the first time ever since I bought the car in 1972, I took the shaker apart to clean it. Here's a couple of pics.
Terry

That's cool!!   

[Cuda Cody]

WOW guys!!!  This is a GREAT thread.