1969 Dart GTS Hood emblems

glhx said

I wonder where they messed up so badly on that and how no one noticed.

People have bought those hoods for a while now. Doesn’t make it right. If your gonna spend $750 on a hood that’s supposed to be reproduction and you get one that looks like a mopar and a Chevy had a baby and that hood was the result. Then just wait for a real hood or go with fiberglass from Aar

I want a gts hood but not that one. I won’t buy it

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AMD probably intentionally put the ridge in it for strength. More than likely they were getting some waviness in the center of the hood after stamping the hood buldges into the raw flat stock. Things stretch and pull in ways you would not guess. Way better malleable steel back in the day, today's steel is a whole different animal, with lots of recycled cheezy steel mixed into it.

Metal finishing used to be a dent removal skill back in the day when you could work the steel, pick, file, grind, sand and finish. Today the steel is of a less quality so they can't do what they used to do with it.

Hard to improve on Ma Mopar Original Parts . . .