Looks like Mr Norm tried to clone my car!

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Didnt they give out the ta hoods only after the shaker hood stock was used up? just wondering, after owning several shaker cars, i thinks the ta hood would be my choice for the time fact that the shaker is a pain in the *** when you have to access the carbs.

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There was no shoratge of Shakers for Challengers in 70 or 71. There were problems with them being installed on Challengers and they did stop installing them for a period, but there is no documented proof showing a T/A hood being installed in replace of an ordered Shaker. You could order a T/A hood on a non-T/A Challenger by checking off code N94 on the order form. You can probably count on one hand the cars ordered this way. It was the ultimate set-up for performance. The Hemi breathed much better with the forced cool air than with a shaker hood. I know there is 2 Hemi-Challengers in the Chrysler registry with factory installed T/A hoods. One is mine. Probably more tucked away somewhere but that remains to be seen.

The Challenger in this article had its hood installed at Mr Norms. It was originally a shaker car. And the hood they used was not a factory T/A hood. I would agree that this has to be the ultimate Hemi-Challenger.

Patrick