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Help With Go wing

RR Fan Dan

RR Fan Dan

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What Go Wing spoiler is this? It’s on a 1974RR. The pedestals are cracked and I want to replace. All the ones I see online the brackets don’t look the same. Could this be something other than a Mopar fit? Everything on the car seems to be done correctly, I wouldn’t think they cut corners on the spoiler, but maybe so.

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That is a Go Wing (70) not a Gull Wing (71). Go wings were used by Mopar and Ford, thus the aftermarket got in on the act and made a lot of them. You can visit any Mustang or Cougar parts place and find them in abundance along with eBay, Amazon, etc. I suspect this is what you have.
 
70chall440 said:
That is a Go Wing (70) not a Gull Wing (71). Go wings were used by Mopar and Ford, thus the aftermarket got in on the act and made a lot of them. You can visit any Mustang or Cougar parts place and find them in abundance along with eBay, Amazon, etc. I suspect this is what you have
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Did they have one in 74?. Its shaped like a gull. If anyone has a link to what they think I have that would be great.
 
is there a posibility the pedestals gap between them won’t meet the factory deck lid locations if made for another car? If so, and is not made for a Mopar/correct body I wouldn’t use that wing and would go for the right thing.

Be sure the pedestals meets with underdeck lid provisions.
 
Nacho-RT74 said:
is there a posibility the pedestals gap between them won’t meet the factory deck lid locations if made for another car? If so, and is not made for a Mopar/correct body I wouldn’t use that wing and would go for the right thing.

Be sure the pedestals meets with underdeck lid provisions.
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See pictures. It’s already on the car and seems to be factory location. But it doesn’t appear to be factory. I am wanting to replace the cracked pedestal and I don’t now what wing it is because the hardware looks different than the mopar hardware.
 
I have a factory go wing on a 71 R/T. The decklids on the 70/71 cars had "cut-outs" in the decklid braces which located the support plates for the wing pedestals. Bolt the support plates to the braces and that gives you a template to locate the holes for the wing pedestals. The OP's pics do not show the cut-outs in the decklid braces (would not expect them on a 74), and I suspect the wing is not located in the right spot, and the pedestals being too far to the rear where the decklid radius begins and over-tightening trying to pull them down cracked them. My suggestion would be to find a 71 car which has the decklid cut-outs, measure them and duplicate them on your car, then get the pedestals and inner support plates and use the support plates as templates. You may have to repair some incorrect holes. Hope this helps, and good luck. Also note that these cut-outs are on some decklids which did not have go wings installed, so any 71 might have them to measure.
 
Its obviously not a factory wing as the car itself was never offered with one so I would try and find a replacement or at least the pedestals and replace it. Baring that I would repair what I had since there are already holes in the trunk lid.

Keep in mind that many places made/sold these wings throughout the 70's until today. It was a popular purchase from places like JC Whitney so there is no telling where it came from but it should be made to some spec most likely a Mustang or Cougar.

And for the record I think that wing looks awesome on the car. Way back in the day I had a 74 RR and a good friend of mine (RIP) had a 73 that he owned in HS. My car was originally gun metal grey but I painted it yellow and his was blue. He had a go wing on his car and I always wanted to put one onto my car but never did because I traded it off on a 74 Challenger.
 
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