NPD hood molding anybody?

[ramair351 10]

I ordered a 1970 front edge hood mldg from NPD , part #16856-5a. they say in the catalog, 'not the best repro, but all thats available' has anyone ordered one of these? the one i got looks like its from a totally different car, wrong angles, wrong taper, wont even bolt on! I dont know if the manufacturer is blind or they sent me one mis-packaged.

[RPM 1,190]

Unfortunately that's the standard response for the front edge molding. Even worse, I need to get one.I was going to drive down to NPD in Ventura to get one along with other stuff, but i kinda wonder if they have even one good one in any of their locations.

 

Bob

[miketyler 15]

Is the 69 same as the 70? I bought one from CJ and haven't had time to fit it yet but at first glance didn't look too awfully bad.

[55Mach1 10]

Ah yes i ordered one from npd last year was $100 plus $40 to ship because the box was so. BIg. The molding wasnt even close to correct and wouldnt even fit my hood. I then thought since my car was build in 69 that maybe my hood lip is a 69 but i have yet to order a 69 version to test. Mine is in good shape with one minor ding right where the middle of the hood crest meets. Its aluminum and im sure with a hammer and anvil this can be fixed. Im saving this tast for when the weather warms up. Let us know what other options are out there.

[1969vert 55]

Bought one for my 69 ...crimped at the ends...wrong taper...bent it to match and the bottom got a little wave in it now..only on the bottom.....i would have to say it looks better than a 40 year old smashed one....but for the price it was not to bad...i would try to find someone that would repair OE trim if it was not a driver....

[redmach69 10]

I had the same problem, the ones NPD is sending out are not for 69 or 70. I had to go to another vendor and bought the Corvex moulding, it is still very thin and does not fit correctly but is the best out there unless you try for NOS.

[Alan_Mac 48]

I had a perfect 70 hood molding, my garage door hit it and put a huge dent in it. I ordered the Corvex molding from NPD. It was so totally wrong I couldn't put it on my car. I sent my dented original to Marco at "King of Trim" in the LA area. He did a perfect restoration on it and all my Mach1 aluminium trim pieces. King of Trim uses the correct chemistry for a perfect finish, no dents or surface imperfections can be seen. They stand behind their work. If you can't find an original, King of Trim maybe able to.

Edited February 21, 2013 by Alan_Mac

[Cayenne06 10]

I bought one from Tony Branda for my 69 shaker hood (car was originally hood scoop) and it looked so bad we pulled the original off the old "hood scoop" hood.

[55Mach1 10]

such a delicate flimsy piece why cant any vendor or maker get this part right for us? super hard to find NOS, mine is original with one little dent and i think i can have it fixed.

[RPM 1,190]

I had a perfect 70 hood molding, my garage door hit it and put a huge dent in it. I ordered the Corvex molding from NPD. It was so totally wrong I couldn't put it on my car. I sent my dented original to Marco at "King of Trim" in the LA area. He did a perfect restoration on it and all my Mach1 aluminium trim pieces. King of Trim uses the correct chemistry for a perfect finish, no dents or surface imperfections can be seen. They stand behind their work. If you can't find an original, King of Trim maybe able to.

 

Thank you for this good to know info. I'm just north of him and will be contacting Marco.

 

Bob

[Alan_Mac 48]

Marcos Cielak

kingoftrim@gmail.com

http://www.kingoftrim.com/Contact.html

[tony 63C 14]

Alan_Mac: "I ordered the Corvex molding from NPD. It was so totally wrong I couldn't put it on my car."

 

+1 - same experience here, the Corvex piece was total crap.

 

Tony

[ramair351 10]

yes, thats what it was corvex. it is so bad at cant be installed on the car. I called NPD today and said it must be mispackaged its so wrong, they told me, "we know its bad, its all we have", they ended up crediting me for it, and told me to toss it.

amazing with all the other nice parts made for these cars, the most VISIBLE piece of trim on the car cant be duplicated!

[ramair351 10]

is corvex the only maker of these? mustangs unlimited and CJ both list mldgs but dont know if its the same manufacturer?

[ramair351 10]

and how is the quality of the rest of the front end grill trim quality from NPD?

[harlan69mach 21]

I ordered the hood trim for our 69 from California Mustang. It didn't fit and the weld were the ends are formed to cap the ends were rough and on one end ground through the weld. When I called they said there is only one source for reproduction parts and the quality might be better the next batch or not.

I plan to have the original restored.

[69boss408 11]

Has anybody tried the goodmark brand sold by Summit and on ebay

[maxum96 32]

Has anybody tried the goodmark brand sold by Summit and on ebay

 

 

Goodmark and Dynacorn are just middlemen. They don't manufacture any of the parts they sell. That comes directly from the owner of NPD.

[zudman 11]

I must be the odd man out on this one, got one from CJPP was almost dead nuts on.

[ramair351 10]

I must be the odd man out on this one, got one from CJPP was almost dead nuts on.

is the CJPP one a scott drake moulding? their stuff is usually good. i may try and order from there too,

[zudman 11]

is the CJPP one a scott drake moulding? their stuff is usually good. i may try and order from there too,

 

No it wasn't Scott Drake. If you do go with CJPP tell them to use extra packing, as my first two were damaged. Good luck.

Edited February 23, 2013 by zudman