Super Duty Hood Scoop or not?
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Only because they need the help...
I've seen many scoops that weren't stock at NMCA races. I doubt they would call you on it. They need the car counts.
The Runaway
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Many cars ran that scoop back in the 60's and 70's. I ran one on my '61 when I was racing.
Any update here,wanna see!!!!!!!!!
Eddy, What kind of scoop did you run> My car had a big Hemi scoop on one of the hoods when I bought it. The other hood had a plexiglass Tunnel ram scoop. They had a real early tunnel ram and no one had made scoops yet
Was looking on eBay under 1963 Pontiac yesterday and they had 2 of them up for bid. One was in the $350 range the other I can't remember.
It was a genuine Ford truck super duty hood scoop bought at Courtesy Ford (Jim Moran) on Grand Ave and Wabansia Ave. in Chicago.
Jim Moran, Your TV Ford man. At least 100 commercials a day. Didn't they run ads on Flash Gordon on Sundays??
Reading this thread reminded me that one of the dumbest things I've done was to install a SD scoop on a nice '62 hood. I did this back in the day (1963) and thought it was cool so I did it again a couple of years ago. Put radirs and the hood scoop on the car, went to one show and took that stuff off. Anyway I listed the hood in the For Sale section if anyone is interested.
Personally I like the look of the scoop on a race car. From what I read I can’t find any proof of that scoop ever offered from the factory even on the Pontiacs sold to race teams. I could be wrong here but my guess would be that somewhere someone saw the ford truck scoop and tried it and the fad caught on. If you look at original Pontiac super duties and the Swiss cheese Pontiacs such as the Reggie Jackson Swiss cheese Pontiacs they didn’t have them. Seems that most races allow them so I have no problem with them. There sure seems to be a lot of miss information out there about them though. That is why I say I could very well be wrong here. I do know they were available on Ford f850 trucks as early as 1962 and possibly even earlier. Therefor if you like the looks go ahead. 
Jim,
I agree, I have tried for years to come up with the Pontiac part number, all of the drag racing articles claim Pontiac purchased a batch of them and issued a part number but I beleive that's an old wives tale because no one can produce the number. I have found the Ford number but no Pontiac number. It would seem that if none of the Pontiac people can come up with the number then there should be something in the NHRA records but I've tried everywhere with no luck. I remember going to the little Ford dealer in my hometown in 1963 and ordering the scoop with the chrome grille. I think it cost less than 30 bucks back then.
I agree, I have tried for years to come up with the Pontiac part number, all of the drag racing articles claim Pontiac purchased a batch of them and issued a part number but I beleive that's an old wives tale because no one can produce the number. I have found the Ford number but no Pontiac number. It would seem that if none of the Pontiac people can come up with the number then there should be something in the NHRA records but I've tried everywhere with no luck. I remember going to the little Ford dealer in my hometown in 1963 and ordering the scoop with the chrome grille. I think it cost less than 30 bucks back then.
Tommy , Back in 1974 I was the parts manager for the area Pontiac Dealer and I never saw a listing for that scoop. But I didn't have the HD ( Heavy Duty ) Pontiac parts book either. I couldn't get one from HELM INC. I was told they were out of print . One customer had a early Catalina Super Duty and I remember that car had the scoop on it. I could never find the GM part # .
Wouldn't that Pontiac Guru "Jim W know about them ? I don't know his last name. He was just on My Classic Car last Saturday.
Wouldn't that Pontiac Guru "Jim W know about them ? I don't know his last name. He was just on My Classic Car last Saturday.
The name is Jim Wangers.
I'm pretty sure Hayden drove a Plymouth for the 63 season. I have some scans I did from the 63 - 64 Mid Atlantic Drag News so I looked for Pontiacs.
Ace Wilson had what looks to be the SD Scoop on his car.
A local to our area, Harold Ramsey didn't have it.
Arlen Vanke ran a Tempist in FX that year but the car didn't have a scoop in this picture.
I just heard toward the end of last week that Arlen had a stroke earlier in the week. Has anyone heard an update about him?