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fairlane347
05-24-2009, 06:52 PM
Guess what this is going to fit?

This was my idea for a custom hood and finally getting it done. Based off the new Shelby 500 KR. A friend of mine did the sheet metal work, yeah is a steel hood. I am in the process of priming and painting it. This is a extra hood so I am keeping the stock one so I can change it back. I will post pictures when its done.


http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/uploads/2053/IMG_0755.jpg

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/uploads/2053/IMG_0760.jpg
Hacklemerc
05-24-2009, 07:19 PM
Looks nice. I'm interested to see it painted and on the car...
PantherP71
05-24-2009, 07:27 PM
Looks awesome. Depending how it looks on the car you should make one for me.
ChiTownMaraud3r
05-24-2009, 07:30 PM
I have a feeling it will look raw and mean on a MM :up:
PantherP71
05-24-2009, 07:31 PM
Photoshop users can you make it happen tight now?
sociopath001
05-24-2009, 07:35 PM
Is that going to be done before the Power Tour?
justbob
05-24-2009, 08:08 PM
I think its gonna look real nice, can't wait for the photos.
justbob
05-24-2009, 08:13 PM
Before you paint it you should guage interest in it and if you get enough guys interested you could have a fiberglass shop make a mold for it. Maybe even make a few bucks.
Rocknthehawk
05-24-2009, 08:28 PM
it looks like the leading edge of the raised portion needs some work. Other than that, it looks nice.
Raudermaster
05-24-2009, 08:36 PM
Not sure how I feel about it, would have to see it on the car. Kudos to you for making it though.
LIGHTNIN1
05-24-2009, 08:43 PM
I think you'll have a "Stealth Marauder". Looks Good.:rock:
pcp.brad
05-24-2009, 09:15 PM
Looks intimidating! Can't wait to see it on your car!
Sgt.Taz
05-24-2009, 09:19 PM
I like it. Looks cool but do have to see the end result for a true gauge of how it will flow.
CanadaMarauder
05-24-2009, 09:19 PM
I want it...gimmie gimmie
BAD FIVE O
05-24-2009, 09:24 PM
Damm it looks good!!!!!!! Jealous :cool:
FormulaMarauder
05-24-2009, 10:03 PM
I think that will look great
ImpalaSlayer
05-24-2009, 10:07 PM
very anxious to see this painted!
Glockafella
05-24-2009, 10:23 PM
I too concur.
ctrlraven
05-25-2009, 01:28 AM
Looks cool, I still want a heat extractor hood for mine.
fairlane347
05-25-2009, 06:26 AM
Is that going to be done before the Power Tour?

Yes that is my goal.
fairlane347
05-25-2009, 06:31 AM
Thanks for the compliments.
I won't be making or selling these its WAY to time consuming to make by hand. I will be one of none or few with this style hood and that was the purpose.
We made the hood by cutting the top layer of metal lifting it up and filling in the sides. Then added the front details. This uses less steel and helps keep the hood lighter, so the hood struts should still hold it up.
More pictures to come.
Blackened300a
05-25-2009, 06:45 AM
Im liking it!!! I cant wait to see what it looks like on the car.
2,4shofast
05-25-2009, 10:40 PM
Very impressive, cant wait to see it on the car also!:beer:
FordNut
05-26-2009, 05:39 AM
Good job. It's nice to have a unique look.
babbage
05-26-2009, 06:22 AM
Looks good, but it doesn't seem to be functional. Why all that work for just looks?
You will have a lot more air drag with that hood. You could run a cable to it so when It's not raining you pull those nostrils open!
fairlane347
05-26-2009, 06:46 AM
Looks good, but it doesn't seem to be functional. Why all that work for just looks?
You will have a lot more air drag with that hood. You could run a cable to it so when It's not raining you pull those nostrils open!

its not functional and neither is the real Shelby 500 KR! The drag won't be noticable. The air intake is over in the corner and it would take some more engineering to get some metal duct work to run over there. I have ram air on my carburated Fairlane and there is no power gain with it anyway.
babbage
05-26-2009, 08:03 AM
its not functional and neither is the real Shelby 500 KR! The drag won't be noticable. The air intake is over in the corner and it would take some more engineering to get some metal duct work to run over there. I have ram air on my carburated Fairlane and there is no power gain with it anyway.


I always thought ram air was a good thing. Didn't realize that the King of the Road wasn't functional.


If you added the mesh and heat extractors at the rear then it could be functional.


http://www.shelbyforums.com/gallery/files/1/2008-Ford-Mustang-Shelby-GT500KR-King-of-the-Road-Front-And-Driver-Side-1280x960.jpg
CBT
05-26-2009, 08:12 AM
I like it, pretty smooove. :up:
Loco1234
05-26-2009, 10:06 AM
functional is one of those funny things. Define the ram air hoods function...
If it is to help pressurize the air intake then no without ducting tot air filter this will not be functional. But it does help to provide cooler & fresh air to the filter so in that sense it funstions.
lol
xopher
05-26-2009, 10:39 AM
Freakin awesome. :up: I'm almost certain you will have the best looking/sounding Marauder on the Power Tour.
DOOM
05-26-2009, 12:10 PM
Git er done :up:
fairlane347
05-27-2009, 06:35 AM
I have mesh from doing the lower grill mod. I am going to dry fit that after I get it painted and see if I like it.
FordNut
05-27-2009, 11:48 AM
I have mesh from doing the lower grill mod. I am going to dry fit that after I get it painted and see if I like it.

Be very careful, it'll scratch the paint off.
4rgone
05-27-2009, 03:36 PM
I need to find a place that will make me a hood. It looks good though, cant wait to see the pics
ChiTownMaraud3r
05-27-2009, 10:01 PM
Pretty shotty photochop but maybe gives some idea...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r255/HomeyG745i/Scoops.jpg
O3 pharoh
05-29-2009, 07:59 PM
Like the hood and can't wait to see pics, but still think the MM is screaming for a nice 2" or so cowl.
Ms. Denmark
05-29-2009, 09:12 PM
Can you photoshop the vent holes back to about 3/4s on the hood?
ImpalaSlayer
05-30-2009, 09:24 AM
Like the hood and can't wait to see pics, but still think the MM is screaming for a nice 2" or so cowl.


why dont you buy one then...
SC Cheesehead
05-30-2009, 11:54 AM
Pretty shotty photochop but maybe gives some idea...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r255/HomeyG745i/Scoops.jpg

Nice photoshop! Based on this, even more interested in seeing the real thing painted up and installed.
Glockafella
06-23-2009, 07:29 AM
updates????
xopher
06-23-2009, 08:04 AM
I think fairlane347 has some better pics, but here's two I snapped on the Hot Rod Power Tour:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh118/xopherwhite/Hot%20Rod%20Power%20Tour%20200 9/MarauderandGT.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh118/xopherwhite/Hot%20Rod%20Power%20Tour%20200 9/MarauderHood.jpg
fairlane347
06-23-2009, 02:59 PM
I think fairlane347 has some better pics, but here's two I snapped on the Hot Rod Power Tour:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh118/xopherwhite/Hot%20Rod%20Power%20Tour%20200 9/MarauderandGT.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh118/xopherwhite/Hot%20Rod%20Power%20Tour%20200 9/MarauderHood.jpg

Thanks for posting it Chris!!
03calitejas
06-23-2009, 03:06 PM
That is just plain wicked looking!!!! Thumbs way up on the design and all the work it took to realize it.

:beer:
PantherP71
06-23-2009, 03:10 PM
Looks awesome.
TooManyFords
06-23-2009, 07:03 PM
Nice mod, but I'd take it back and have them fix the front corners so they lay flat. Looks like they are tweaked from the new scoop outwards.
Zack
06-23-2009, 07:22 PM
Nice mod, but I'd take it back and have them fix the front corners so they lay flat. Looks like they are tweaked from the new scoop outwards.

insert foot in mouth, he did it himself i think. :flamer:
TooManyFords
06-23-2009, 07:41 PM
insert foot in mouth, he did it himself i think. :flamer:

Ok, so take it -somewhere else- and have it fixed!

:D
TAKEDOWN
06-23-2009, 08:28 PM
I like it!!!
offroadkarter
06-23-2009, 08:32 PM
Looks like they are tweaked from the new scoop outwards.


I see that to, and it looks to tweaked to say the bump stops are raised to high...
Jimimac43
06-24-2009, 04:14 AM
Does anybody remember when Hot rodders had louvers stamped in hoods??? Photoshop anybody???? Just trying to see what it would look like. By the way , I LIKE the design of this hood!
Zack
06-24-2009, 06:23 AM
Does anybody remember when Hot rodders had louvers stamped in hoods??? Photoshop anybody???? Just trying to see what it would look like. By the way , I LIKE the design of this hood!

Paul from Pauls High Peformance already did that about 5 years ago.
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/data/5/PHP_Inc12sml.jpg
SC Cheesehead
06-24-2009, 06:28 AM
Paul from Pauls High Peformance already did that about 5 years ago.
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/data/5/PHP_Inc12sml.jpg


Zack, is that one of your mesh grills?
justbob
06-24-2009, 01:58 PM
I kinda like those louvers, normally I hate them.
Mr. Man
06-24-2009, 04:24 PM
I like the louvers too, photoshop in silver please. Also like the other hood but would like to see what it might look like photo shopped back to the 3/4 hood mark.
Marauder131
06-24-2009, 04:45 PM
Certainly gives the car a unique look, though my affinity is more for a low reverse cowl.
logix7
06-25-2009, 05:54 PM
the painted headlights are hideous
mercman1951
06-26-2009, 03:14 PM
I think fairlane347 has some better pics, but here's two I snapped on the Hot Rod Power Tour

It looks very cool. I like it. I agree though, the edges of the hood look like they need some bump stop adjustments. Did the hood warp a bit with the welding maybe?
fairlane347
06-26-2009, 05:17 PM
I think its the hood bumpers I have to fix that. I put the hood on the night before we left for the Power Tour.
ImpalaSlayer
06-26-2009, 05:32 PM
the painted headlights are hideous


that whole car is :puke:
TAKEDOWN
06-26-2009, 05:35 PM
I like the car, but not crazy about the headlights. The headlights remind me of some type of import/euro car.
mercman1951
06-26-2009, 09:34 PM
I like the car, but not crazy about the headlights. The headlights remind me of some type of import/euro car.

Which car? I thought we were talking about the one with the custom hood scoop, which seems to have stock headlights. :o

The car with the louvers on the hood is not the car in question for this thread...or so I thought...
TAKEDOWN
06-26-2009, 10:06 PM
^^^
I like it!!!... This was my comment to Fairlane347. Maybe I should've clarified myself. I wasn't digging the headlights of the louvered MARAUDER, post #51. ^^^
Lowndex
08-21-2017, 04:47 PM
Guess what this is going to fit?

This was my idea for a custom hood and finally getting it done. Based off the new Shelby 500 KR. A friend of mine did the sheet metal work, yeah is a steel hood. I am in the process of priming and painting it. This is a extra hood so I am keeping the stock one so I can change it back. I will post pictures when its done.


http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/uploads/2053/IMG_0755.jpg

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/uploads/2053/IMG_0760.jpg

If I may ask, what does a custom hood like that cost: fabrication and paint?