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Flathood 200

posted by  clbolt on  Wed Apr 14 14:56 CST 2004
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I'd bet it was a factory item. In the 70s, Chrysler put aluminum hoods on a number of Plymouth Dusters and Dodge Dart Sports, and in the 80s, GM put aluminum hoods on many of the full-size RWD sedans, among others. Once you have the dies to stamp a steel body panel, it's a fairly simple matter to press them in aluminum. Carmakers did experiment with this quite a bit trying to increase MPG.

It might be worthwhile to carry a little magnet in your pocket every time you walk through a junkyard looking for Volvo parts, to see if you can find more. I'd never have known about the hoods on the big GM cars if I hadn't seen one where an engine fire melted through one.
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1991 245, 61k miles, looking for a 5 speed 92-93 245 cheap.






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