Author Topic: NOS 79-82 Cowl Grill Comparison to Reproduction  (Read 1644 times)

Offline 79mustangcobra

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NOS 79-82 Cowl Grill Comparison to Reproduction
« on: 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.
1979 Mustang Cobra 5.0
2P Red and 1C Black

Stock never goes out of style
MCA #70281 -  79-93 MCA Concours Judge
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Offline bluemax

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Re: NOS 79-82 Cowl Grill Comparison to Reproduction
« Reply #1 on: 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.  :)

Offline J_Speegle

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Re: NOS 79-82 Cowl Grill Comparison to Reproduction
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2015, 09:34:02 PM »
Yes thanks for taking the time and effort.
Jeff Speegle

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Offline 79mustangcobra

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Re: NOS 79-82 Cowl Grill Comparison to Reproduction
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2015, 02:42:07 PM »
Thanks for the kind words.  Just trying to help our hobby.
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