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NOS 79-82 Cowl Grill Comparison to Reproduction
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79mustangcobra
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NOS 79-82 Cowl Grill Comparison to Reproduction
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March 10, 2015, 02:39:43 PM »
I was fortunate enough to find a NOS 79-82 Cowl Grill.
I know they reproduce these so I bought a reproduction from my favorite parts store NPD to compare the two.
Both were packaged well for shipping
NOS
NPD
Out of the Box
NOS
NPD
First look - NOS is of course nice.
Reproduction part is made by Daniel Carpenter. Looks nice but the plastic is not the same quality. It weighs half as much as the NOS
Parts compared to each other. Reproduction on top NOS on bottom.
Front
Back
They look really close to the eye. The only puzzling thing is the part number on the reproduction.
It has a E5 part number? This is odd because this part was changed in 83.
NOS part number.
Conclusion. I think the NOS is better made, but this part is unavailable. I think that we are fortunate to have someone like Daniel Carpenter making reproduction parts for our cars. Other than the weight, I think there is not much difference.
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1979 Mustang Cobra 5.0
2P Red and 1C Black
Stock never goes out of style
MCA #70281 - 79-93 MCA Concours Judge
Proverbs 3:5-6
bluemax
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Re: NOS 79-82 Cowl Grill Comparison to Reproduction
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March 10, 2015, 06:02:48 PM »
Saw your write up over on FEP, thanks for taking the time to post up here as well.
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J_Speegle
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Re: NOS 79-82 Cowl Grill Comparison to Reproduction
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March 10, 2015, 09:34:02 PM »
Yes thanks for taking the time and effort.
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Jeff Speegle
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79mustangcobra
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Re: NOS 79-82 Cowl Grill Comparison to Reproduction
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March 11, 2015, 02:42:07 PM »
Thanks for the kind words. Just trying to help our hobby.
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1979 Mustang Cobra 5.0
2P Red and 1C Black
Stock never goes out of style
MCA #70281 - 79-93 MCA Concours Judge
Proverbs 3:5-6
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