Custom Hood With Gator Glass!!!!

[murphman]

I just got my car out of this cool custom shop. They molded a cobra jet scoop on my hood and the cool thing is they used Gator Glass that lights up............way cool. The Best work out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also check out the badgeless grille the customized.....CLICK HERE (http://gatorcustoms.net/recent.html)

[merc406]

That looks like a very nice job! :up: :bounce: Enjoy!!!!!! :beer: :pimp:

[TAF]

Very nice! Nice pics on the site, as well. :up:

[MI2QWK4U]

I just got my car out of this cool custom shop. They molded a cobra jet scoop on my hood and the cool thing is they used Gator Glass that lights up............way cool. The Best work out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also check out the badgeless grille the customized.....CLICK HERE (http://gatorcustoms.net/recent.html)

That looks like some sharp work, very nice looking!

[Dr Caleb]

That is a really good job! I love the look, better than those cobra shaker photoshops I did last year :)

Kudos!

[MarauderMark]

Yes that is a sweet looking hood. :up: .How much for something like that.I understand that it is custom work but just for others like me that might want to get that kind of work done on mine.or please pm me..

[woaface]

I LOVE how it lights up! I'd love "Grand Marquis" on my bumper...just for *****s and giggles...

[Logan]

Saaaaaaaaaaaaaawheeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeet!! I like that!! I'm almost afraid to ask how much...

[MarauderMike]

Oh come one, tell us how much?????? Great concept and finish.

[carfixer]

That is a cool looking hood. It looks like they did a real nice job, no waves and real shiney. :up:

[TAF]

That would be GREAT to do, for those of you needing hoods repainted. I went through their site, and EVERYTHING looks like top-notch work. :up:

[Rob1559]

Nice.
But I am doing this instead.

[Zack]

The place is 15 minutes from my house, look out!

[Zack]

I just got my car out of this cool custom shop. They molded a cobra jet scoop on my hood and the cool thing is they used Gator Glass that lights up............way cool. The Best work out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also check out the badgeless grille the customized.....CLICK HERE (http://gatorcustoms.net/recent.html)


I think you are the owner of the shop!
Now we all know how much you want for that marvel of a hood...
Check here...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7900525693&category=34204

Badgeless grill for sale also...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7900526129&category=34204

Just lost interest after seeing the price.

[Big Joe P]

Detective Zack.... nice work..

[martyo]

I think you are the owner of the shop!

What was that sound I just heard? Was that the sound of a vendor rule breaking???

[MI2QWK4U]

I think you are the owner of the shop!
Now we all know how much you want for that marvel of a hood...
Check here...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7900525693&category=34204

Badgeless grill for sale also...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7900526129&category=34204

Just lost interest after seeing the price.


Never let it be said that I dont give credit where credit is due.....good catch Zack.

[SergntMac]

"Murphman" is not the owner of the custom build shop, but he is the owner of the experimental Marauder you see in the pics. Sorry, no vendor rule violation here. Murph is a serious MM owner, and good guy too. Can't say I blame him for staying under the radar...

[bigslim]

Nice job on the fit and finsh. Looks very professional. Please don't take offense to this but it is not for me. To classy of a car for this, kinda ricer. Sorry, please don't this hold against me. I do feel that people should do what makes them. I will say it is an original.

[merc406]

Whew!!! 2 grand, thats a, marauderer alright! (see dictionary under marauder )

[Logan]

Mac's right... My vendor rules sniffer is working just fine... ;)

I love the hood...I gotta find some time to start playing with custom stuff like that... That's just cool!

I hate it when I get out-pimped though... :up:

[Ross]

That is beautiful! Now, if it was truly functional as well...I couldn't justify $2K for the looks alone, even though I love the light up letters.

[Petrograde]

That is beautiful! Now, if it was truly functional as well...I couldn't justify $2K for the looks alone, even though I love the light up letters.

Amen Ross!

I'll pay 2K for a functioning one. :banana2:

[Bowman9]

$2K is to pricey for me.
I'm glad to see somebody out there trying new things.
That scoop (and others like it) are available in several mustang magizines for not to much money. Buy a scoop of your liking get a crown vic hood from a bone yard spend a few weekends in your garage, take it to your local autobody shop for paint and you just saved yourself $1000 or more.
And you'll have the pride of doing it yourself. :)

But then again I'm a cheap b@st@rd.

[bigslim]

I just got my car out of this cool custom shop. They molded a cobra jet scoop on my hood and the cool thing is they used Gator Glass that lights up............way cool. The Best work out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also check out the badgeless grille the customized.....CLICK HERE (http://gatorcustoms.net/recent.html)
Very close to the hood that I took a picture of earlier this year. No disco-lights though. Campare the two

[merc406]

Very close to the hood that I took a picture of earlier this year. No disco-lights though. Campare the two


Gotta have the lights :lol:

[Cobra25]

I must agree with the rest of you guys, it looks sharp!

[GatorCustoms]

hey guys how ya doing. This is Ron Kleber, owner of Gator Customs. I would 1st like to start off saying thanks to everyone that likes the work that we have done to Mr. Murphys vehicle. A lot of work went in to the vehicle and it is nice to have people appreciate it. I did not ask Mr. Murphy to post on this forum since i did not even know it existed. If it is possible for anyone to see the car up close you should do so as it is hard to tell the quality from a picture. i have seen cars up close that i have seen in magazines that look like **** in person. As far as breaking any vendor rules i am not trying to do that for i am simply trying to clear up the fact that Mr. Murphy does not own the shop. I don't need to advertise anything sine Zack already did it by posting links to our ebay listings..... thanks buddy. I am not a vendor since i do not have a product to sell simply labor. thanks again to anyone who appreciates the work we did to Mr. Murphys vehicle.

gator customs

[Big Joe P]

I don't understand why someone would have serious mods done to their car, then turn around and sell them on e-bay. If I was asking $300 for the grill on my car, how much did it cost me in the first place, to be able to make a profit. Likewise, how much does gator custom charge for the hood if "mr murphy" has his on ebay for $1950. So RON, how much are these items from the shop? Obviously there is a captive audience here for custom mods.

[GatorCustoms]

I don't understand why someone would have serious mods done to their car, then turn around and sell them on e-bay. If I was asking $300 for the grill on my car, how much did it cost me in the first place, to be able to make a profit. Likewise, how much does gator custom charge for the hood if "mr murphy" has his on ebay for $1950. So RON, how much are these items from the shop? Obviously there is a captive audience here for custom mods.
The pictures on ebay are of Murphy's car but they are not for the products on his car. As i stated i sell labor not products. If you come into the shop you are purchasing my time and skills to perform a service. The 1950. price that is on ebay is for the modification to your stock hood. I will supply the scoop, lighting, paint, and anything else needed to do this. This price may seem high to some but you need to see the finished hood to understand. I am not a hack shop like many body shops out there, we only do quality work or it does not leave the shop. We have been in business for 30yrs with no advertising. We stay in business from referrals from happy customers.

[GatorCustoms]

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[Logan]

As far as breaking any vendor rules i am not trying to do that for i am simply trying to clear up the fact that Mr. Murphy does not own the shop. I don't need to advertise anything sine Zack already did it by posting links to our ebay listings..... thanks buddy. I am not a vendor since i do not have a product to sell simply labor.


Just to clear up that misconception, If you sell anything, labor or parts, make a profit of this site in any way, you're considered a vendor. I sent you all the information you need to comply with our vendor rules and you're absolutely welcome to hang out! Welcome to the site!

That being said, the work is first class and I love the way it turned out. Truly a work of art!

[Big Joe P]

Ron, you've answered all my questions, thanks for the clarification. I was looking at some scoops in the Summit catalog..... I just might be interested.

[bigslim]

Just to let everyone know the shop that did the work on the hood that I saw wants $2000 for it. It does not light up like the Gator hood does. The quality was first rate though and was fabricated in steel.

[Directedby]

It looks really cool. Same scoop as my 1969 Mach I. Price is a rip off - mark up is way off par.

[merc406]

It looks really cool. Same scoop as my 1969 Mach I. Price is a rip off - mark up is way off par.


It is, but maybe he will give the people a discount here.....A BIG discount. :lol:

[Mad4Macs]

Very close to the hood that I took a picture of earlier this year. No disco-lights though. Campare the two
Veeery close indeed! The mixer in the background is the same one!

[Rob1559]

My plastic "ricer" supercharger is only $175.00.
What no takers?

[SergntMac]

Okay youse guys, listen up. If you're into hood scoops, this mod will appeal to you. If not, gimmie a break, K?

I met up with Murphman just an hour ago. Considering the distance I travel to meet up with MM owners, he's across the street from me. I knew he was into this project two months ago, when he test drove my KB1x with the prototype control arms before Zack and I announced them here. Murphman knows his history on muscle cars, he knows how to drive, and he loves his MM as much as all of us do. Moreover, he didn't punch me for what I said about Hemi engines in another thread. If he did punch me, it would hurt, and I'd have to knee-cap the lug before that would happen, but, I digress.

As Murphman explained his plan to me back then, I just couldn't quite get a feel for his image. I like my hood the way it is, and I'm not sure any scoop would look good on ant MM. But, I remember that my ex-wife never changed her hair style while we were married, so, maybe it's just me and my static view on some things. Anyway, I listened, and I tried real hard to picture his dream. Nothing was gellin. When pics arrived here, his dream still had no real life in it, in my eyes. Albeit, when you post construction pics of body mods, there's always the danger of alarming the patient's owner with the "surgery" aspect of body mods.

Tonight, I examined this mod with my own eyes, and my eyeballs bumped into my eyeglasses. You won't believe the magic performed here, and I'm not going to do that any justice in explaining what I saw, sorry. I'm just not smart enough to describe this to y'all.

The base scoop is from Ford's heritage, '70 style. Murphman updated that with his own thoughts on style, making it a tad wider and longer, with sharper tapers that flow with the body lines. Awesome fit, awesome finish, this scoop is very much in scale with the real estate surrounding it. Cold air induction is very possible for N/A cars, and Murphman says Gator is working on that twist now. Rest assured, it won't change your pinion angle in any degree.

This "gatorglass" is likewise awesome...Mysterious. I can't imagine how they did this, and Murphman says they won't tell him everything. But, the end effect is truely magical. In plain sight (in evening light), you can see "Marauder" on the scoop, as it appears on our speedo. It's subtle, like ghost flames. It makes you look twice, wondering if you're seeing things. Visible, but not. Seamless too, as you glide your finger over the expected "decal" feel, you can't feel a thing. It's like rare coins encased in Lucite, you can see a texture and expect to feel it, but you're magically numb to that. Smooth as glass, a true magical illusion.

Then, the Murphman switches something that adds power, and they light up. No...They glow, warmly. I got a feel for "logs on the fire," like some of FMC's custom paints on the Mustang make me feel. The image is sharp and clear looking directly at it. Then it fades away as you change angles. If Murphman was directly behind me in traffic, I would see nothing, no "red light on front of vehicle" violations. But, at slighter and greater angles, a soft, warm burgundy glow reaches out to you like a fine wine warms your throat. This is a very hot mod, and it's a very cool mod. It's also very neat modding. Jeeze...I'm running out of words, this mod is just plain beautiful, and the workmanship is simply perfect, K?

Is it worth 2 large? IMHO...If you're into hood scoops, or, you want your MM to be strikingly impressive at first glance, YES!

There's no question that many more hours of prep and attention to detail went into this mod, than 2K could cover. I've done some experimental work myself, and being the first one to do something on the MM can be expensive for the first one to try it. I'm willing to bet that Gator Customs is very business savy, and knows when and how, to market a new mod to a specific target.

Murphman says Gator Customs has been in the custom fabrication business for over 30 years. Family owned, multi-generational, talent passed from hand to hand. I like that, it's like working with the blacksmiths that built the gears and wheels that built America. Murphman says they have collected uncountable show awards too, so, IMHO, Gator gave this mod away to Murphman as a loss leader for 2K. I can see a number of us wanting to do business with Gator Customs. Logan, and Barry, y'all in deep trouble here.

I'll be visiting Gator Customs myself in the next few days, I have some oddball ideas of my own, in need of a custom fabricator of this quality, and I need to meet these guys, and render my own opinion.

Bravo, Murphman!

Bravo, Gator Customs!

Both of you rock!

[Big Joe P]

Written and investigated like a true detective......
Thanks for the "hands on" report.

[Logan]

Don't think I haven't been drooling over that hood... ;)

[martyo]

Mac used to write for Penthouse!

[SergntMac]

Mac used to write for Penthouse!
Among us here, now, today..Thank you.

[martyo]

Among us here, now, today..Thank you.

No Mac, thank you!!

[muslhed]

I just want to know what it would to take to make my entire car look just like that "GatorGlass" finish.....!

[Bowman9]

What if one were to Gator Glass their taillights?
That way it would have the black all the time until the brakes were depressed.
Just a thought.

[darebren]

wake me when they can do a full 3" cowl hood. The little scoop in the middle is just not for me, it is too small, a nice rise to a 3" cowl would be for me.

[67435animal]

I just got my car out of this cool custom shop. They molded a cobra jet scoop on my hood and the cool thing is they used Gator Glass that lights up............way cool. The Best work out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also check out the badgeless grille the customized.....CLICK HERE (http://gatorcustoms.net/recent.html)

Very nice job. Something about that scoop sure is familiar.....

Bob

[muslhed]

What if one were to Gator Glass their taillights?
That way it would have the black all the time until the brakes were depressed.
Just a thought.

Now that would be cooool!!!

[GatorCustoms]

wake me when they can do a full 3" cowl hood. The little scoop in the middle is just not for me, it is too small, a nice rise to a 3" cowl would be for me.
Wake up.................Cauz we can do a 3 inch cowl. If your interested, let me know.

Ron

[mad man]

Wake up.................Cauz we can do a 3 inch cowl. If your interested, let me know.

RonHow much no lights

[TAF]

Could those "Gator Lights" would be in the rear bumber to light up the "MARAUDER" ?

[teamrope]

Could those "Gator Lights" would be in the rear bumber to light up the "MARAUDER" ?
For that, I might give up the SS Inserts

[marauder307]

Could those "Gator Lights" would be in the rear bumber to light up the "MARAUDER" ?


Ya know...I was about to ask the same thing...make it into a 4th brake light, almost...

[GatorCustoms]

Could those "Gator Lights" would be in the rear bumber to light up the "MARAUDER" ?


YESSSS!!!!!!!! I can do that mod .........NO PROBLEM.....And it would look slick ass hell. Maybe I will do one and show ya.......

Ron
Gator Customs

[bigslim]

YESSSS!!!!!!!! I can do that mod .........NO PROBLEM.....And it would look slick ass hell. Maybe I will do one and show ya.......

Ron
Gator CustomsWhat kind of a price (ballpark) for that mod?

[GatorCustoms]

Zack and Sergent Mac stopped in the shop today to check things out and inquire about some of our services..............Let me tell you, these are really cool guys just out to have fun with there cars..........I really appreciate when new people come and check us out. THANKS GUYS......! Hope too hear from you guys soon!

Thanks again

Ron
Gator Customs

[woaface]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7901288798&category=34204


OOOOOOOOOO:D

[SergntMac]

All I can add here, is that this "Gator Glass" is some really neat stuff...

Spectactular to the eye, and endearing to the heart.

If you can arrange it, get it.

'Nuff said...

[FiveO]

As a soon to be Marauder owner I just spent the last 15 minutes pouring over this thread and all the pictures.

I'm looking for a custom hood of some sorts and this seems to be one of the choices.

Very nice.

$2K is spendy...but I'm seriously considering it.

[mmmmmmarauder]

is responsible for the grille at Prestige Lincoln Mercury
Sunday Afternoon in Skokie, IL

I LIKE IT ALOT!


Thanks Ron & George!!!



Peter
greekchicago@hotmail.com:up: :up: (two thumbs UP)


:beer:

[NOMARQUIS]

Ya Dude, that grille looks AWESOME!!!!!!! :up:

Eric