The Holy Grail of . . .
#1
Team Owner
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The Holy Grail of . . .
. . . hoods. The MCM.
I am so fortunate to have found - and more specifically - been able to buy an original, mint, non-S/C MCM hood from a member here. What a totally lucky happenstance - I must be livin' right!
PO left the underside CF exposed so I will also leave it exposed when I paint the hood to match my TR coupe.
This is part of a bigger project that's ongoing but it will be the crowning glory to the rest of the additions.
I mean - seriously - it doesn't get any better than this.
I am so fortunate to have found - and more specifically - been able to buy an original, mint, non-S/C MCM hood from a member here. What a totally lucky happenstance - I must be livin' right!
PO left the underside CF exposed so I will also leave it exposed when I paint the hood to match my TR coupe.
This is part of a bigger project that's ongoing but it will be the crowning glory to the rest of the additions.
I mean - seriously - it doesn't get any better than this.
Last edited by Patches; 07-16-2014 at 09:18 AM.
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Congrats on your purchase! I was lucky, mine came with it when I bought it. I had no idea how rare, and how special these hoods are. However, here is a link others may want to check out:
http://21stcenturymusclecars.com/mot...1997-2004.aspx
They claim they have MCM hoods. I wouldn't know, never been there, but they look by the pictures to be the right ones.
http://21stcenturymusclecars.com/mot...1997-2004.aspx
They claim they have MCM hoods. I wouldn't know, never been there, but they look by the pictures to be the right ones.
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Congrats on the coveted find Patches! You deserve it. I am the third owner of mine. Previous owner advertised it as a Tigershark hood. Lucky me. Your hood looks so gorgeous just posted up in the garage
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Sweet!
Can't wait to see pics of it on your car!
Can't wait to see pics of it on your car!
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Patches:
Beautiful find !
It will look great with all the other stuff your doing on your car !
You almost hate to repaint it... that Blue is sharp !
Toque
Beautiful find !
It will look great with all the other stuff your doing on your car !
You almost hate to repaint it... that Blue is sharp !
Toque
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Great find Patches. I sure miss the one I had on my '00, but when I sold the car, it went with it. Sure didn't think at the time that I would get another C5 a little over a year later. Should have kept the MCM hood and sold the car with the stock one on it.
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Thanks, guys! Great looking Vettes!
I was bantering back and forth with ET about MCM while waiting for it to arrive and he revealed a lot of very interesting details about MCM and it's original designers/creators. Unfortunately, the company was dissolved (the owner passed away) so these hoods went out of production a few years ago. There are reproductions on the market but they are not structurally equivalent to the original MCM hoods. Only ~1300 total MCM hoods were made so these are rare as hen's teeth and almost never come up for sale, which is why I'm thrilled to have this one.
A lot of nice hood options out there but this is the only one I wanted to swap out my stocker for.
I was bantering back and forth with ET about MCM while waiting for it to arrive and he revealed a lot of very interesting details about MCM and it's original designers/creators. Unfortunately, the company was dissolved (the owner passed away) so these hoods went out of production a few years ago. There are reproductions on the market but they are not structurally equivalent to the original MCM hoods. Only ~1300 total MCM hoods were made so these are rare as hen's teeth and almost never come up for sale, which is why I'm thrilled to have this one.
A lot of nice hood options out there but this is the only one I wanted to swap out my stocker for.