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**gb70** · #1 05-02-2009, 04:53 AM

N96 was for the Shaker Hood which all 426 Hemis came with, now with the exception as we see it. I never knew this. I have been a Mopar guy my whole life. Learn something new every day, thanks for sharing! Cool history to boot!

**njsteve** · #2 05-02-2009, 05:36 AM

The N96 shaker hood was standard on the Hemi Cuda but an option on the Hemi Challanger. The "Raisin Bran" (2-Scoop) hood was standard on the Challenger. In mid-1970 there was an issue with the Challenger shaker hood. I think it was a problem with the crash test results and the hood slicing through the windshield and decapitating people, but I may be wrong, and it was stopped for a while until the inner structure was altered to permit the hood to fold in half in an impact instead of shearing the hinge bolts and acting as a guillotine. I believe the fibreglass T/A hood was used as an alternative for the people in the know who knew the option code existed. Otherwise the car defaulted back to the 2-scoop hood.

**Charley Lillard** · #3 05-02-2009, 06:51 AM

**Charley Lillard** · #4 05-02-2009, 06:52 AM

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