WTB Looking for a good 1968 coronet power bulge hood

[Randy Huff]

Looking for a good power bulge hood for my dad's RT coronet. Let me know what you have and how much you want for it. Thanks for any assistance.

 

[1969CoronetR/T]

They are hard to find in good condition. I have one that I paid for $1,200.00 that I eventually will be putting on my R/T or use it as a spare in case of an accident. I think I found it on Craigslist about five years ago.

 

[Randy Huff]

Yeah I've been watching for a while now. Dad has his original hood but it needs a pretty decent amount of work and I would like to find a better one. Hopefully 1 will pop up soon.

 

[Mocajava]

Did you check out the one that I sent you last week ? San Diego Craig's list for $699.....I sent add number with the pm I sent you.

 

[Randy Huff]

Yes thank you we're trying to find a good way ship it. Most of the shipping quotes I've gotten are more than the hood. I'm going to check some more places on Monday .

 

[Randra]

Fastenal ships also if you haven't checked into that option.

 

[Randy Huff]

I'll check them out thanks

 

[Mocajava]

You can check with cross country moving companies and sometimes they will have a load they can add to.

 

[Randy Huff]

Cool thanks I think we are going to use greyhound they were pretty reasonable on there fees

 

[Mocajava]

Good luck with that, a nice hood is hard to find. I shipped the one I found from Idaho to Alaska and paid quite a bit just getting it. THAT is what distinguishes the car and you have to have it.

 

[Randy Huff]

Thanks for the tip on the hood! Dad was able to work something out with the guy so we will hopefully have it here in a few days. Then we'll be taking the rt over to get the body work and paint finished. I'm looking forward to getting it finished. Dad has a 69 gtx project car I will be listing shortly he has too many projects.

 

[Mocajava]

Randy, I actually turned the stock hood into the scooped hood by buying the cast scoops and mounting them. So when I had her painted, I did both hoods giving me the option of swapping hoods for a different look. I have the template for drilling the stock hood to mount the dual scoops if you decide to go that route.

 

[Randy Huff]

That's pretty cool thanks for the offer! I would imagine there's not too many old mopars running around in Alaska

 

[Mocajava]

Out of 400-500 cars at a local car show, you will see maybe 40-50. Wish we had more summer to build and drive them in, we get maybe 3 1/2 to 4 months between thaw and freeze. Most all parts we need have to come from outside and that is a long way to ship stuff.

 

[Randy Huff]

I would imagine you spend a lot money on shipping that's a long haul.

 

[Mocajava]

I bought my hood in Idaho for $850, a pretty good deal. The shipping was another $600 and that was with a real great seller boxing it up and me using a discounted Fed Ex account thru work. All I heard was "bend over, lets talk!" from shippers. Good luck and glad you found one for your Dad.

 

[Randy Huff]

We received dad's hood today we're very pleased with it! Thanks again for the tip! I'm surprised your shipping wasn't higher going to Alaska.

 

[Mocajava]

That rate was about 60% of the Fed Ex rate quote through the company I work for...I got a great deal! The quote before the discount was $250 bucks more than the hood! Glad you could take advantage of that deal, they are very hard to find especially in decent condition.