A friend who is not on the forum asked me to post this. He found a 1970 Shelby hood on the side of the road. He will give the hood to the rightful owner. If you can identify the hood (color, condition, etc.) and roughly where it was lost, it's yours. Please contact me if you're the owner and I'll put you in touch with my friend. An email will work best as I rarely think about checking for PMs here on the forum. You can find my email address in my member profile.
Steve Sloan
That's my hood. We lost it transporting my 70 SCJ from AR to NC. Flew off outside Nashville.
Quote from: SFM6S087 on July 27, 2023, 12:34:59 PM
A friend who is not on the forum asked me to post this. He found a 1970 Shelby hood on the side of the road. He will give the hood to the rightful owner. If you can identify the hood (color, condition, etc.) and roughly where it was lost, it's yours.
Steve Sloan
Thats pretty damn good.
Karma. ;)
was this the same hood?
Thats the greatest CHRISTMAS STORY ever told if thats the story!!!!!
Yeah the guy showed up at our show with a photo of the hood he found along the road off that car and whats the chances of that?
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I heard the owner of the hood didn't call him back.
I don't understand the thought process if that's true.
Hi all, I don't regularly check this forum, but wanted to give an update. The hood is back with my car! Steve Sloan put me in touch with Jerry Oldridge, also a fellow Shelby owner who had found the hood while getting lunch. We connected just a few hours after the hood came off, which is amazing. At first we were scratching our heads on how to get the hood to North Carolina from Arkansas. We eventually got lucky and one of Jerry's friends was coming close to Charlotte on a road trip. I met him along the route, and transported it home (inside this time). The hood's definitely repairable, and kind of needed a new bottom frame anyway from some prior damage up at the part number. Next step is to get that done, I'm hoping to take it to Dave Topper when I go to Carlisle this year.
That is fantastic news , this is why the saac members are the best .
I found a Mustang fastback rear seat just sitting along the road in the middle of nowhere. Deluxe fabric too.
Quote from: hertzdonut on December 10, 2023, 04:57:46 AM
I heard the owner of the hood didn't call him back.
I don't understand the thought process if that's true.
Not sure where you heard that from, I've been in contact with Jerry since just after he found it. Just had to work out the logistics of getting it ~760 miles to my house. I checked in with him every few weeks until we got lucky and the hood hitched a ride east.
Sorry, hearsay shouldn't be repeated.
Hi all - I wanted to give an update. My hood's been repaired and is better than before it sailed off. I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out. The hood frame was an NOS one from Jesse at Shelby Parts and Restoration.
Hey Jason. I didnt know you were the hood guys's story when we get together last month!!!! My hood part number is gone on mine. let me know if the one in your old hood frame is savable.
Patrick
Canada
Quote from: Shelbypat on June 30, 2024, 01:48:41 PMHey Jason. I didnt know you were the hood guys's story when we get together last month!!!! My hood part number is gone on mine. let me know if the one in your old hood frame is savable.
Patrick
Canada
Thanks again for that crank! That reminds me I need to check in with the machine shop..
Unfortunately the area with the part # on my old hood frame had already been damaged beyond repair. I wondered how I would fix it - I guess this was one way to do that!
Ok tks for reply...
Patrick
Quote from: CompRed70scj on June 30, 2024, 02:42:58 PMThanks again for that crank! That reminds me I need to check in with the machine shop..
Unfortunately the area with the part # on my old hood frame had already been damaged beyond repair. I wondered how I would fix it - I guess this was one way to do that!
The short answer is to make a mold of the numbers from a good hood . You make a positive from the mold of the numbers. I have used JB weld in the past. You glue the positive of the numbers to the damaged hood. I have ended up grinding a relief into the surface of the damaged hood to put the positive into so that it is level to the surface when done.
Truth is always stranger than fiction. Congrats.