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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    09/12/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
    When the Mustang hood costs more than a base Mustang, something is wrong with our economic system.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/12/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
    Obviously, someone should buy a 'KR and sell the special parts at exorbitant prices on eBay, then repanel it as a Mustang GT and go smoke some Civics and Camaros.
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    09/12/09

    Obviously
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    Image of High Speed Indeed High Speed Indeed
    09/14/09

    @FP: Your Volvo is not very awesome! Anyway: That would be a damn good way to save a few bucks while creating a sleeper out of a KR.
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    Edited by High Speed Indeed at 09/14/09 10:01 AM High Speed Indeed was starred High Speed Indeed was unstarred
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    09/11/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!

    You should never ask Vegeta about these prices
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    FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway promoted this comment Edited by underwear-ninja at 09/11/09 7:52 PM underwear-ninja was starred underwear-ninja was unstarred
    Image of MikeHerbst MikeHerbst
    09/11/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
    Someone with an intact Shelby hood should be making a damn mint by loaning it out to have molds pulled for making knockoff replacements.

    Hello, I've got friends in the composites fab business. They usually do aerospace and industrial applications, but if someone with a GT500KR wants to loan me a hood, I'm sure we can work out a profit-sharing arrangement and make big money selling something compatible while STILL undercutting those ridiculous prices.
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    skitter promoted this comment MikeHerbst was starred MikeHerbst was unstarred
    Image of Clown Shoe Pilot Clown Shoe Pilot
    09/11/09

    @MikeHerbst: Much as I love the idea, the sad fact is that Shelby doesn't have to sell very many hoods to pay for the lawyers to come after you if you were to show such excellent entrepreneurial initiative.

    put a dollar in the middle of a steel cage and put Shelby and Ecclestone in, and my guess is that you've got the makings of a GREAT fight.
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    Image of MarkB MarkB
    09/11/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
    Makes me feel much better about my $800 CF hood on my Suzuki.
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    Nick promoted this comment MarkB was starred MarkB was unstarred
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    09/11/09

    @MarkB: *edit*
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    Edited by Nick at 09/11/09 6:46 PM Nick was starred Nick was unstarred
    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    09/11/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
    I'll sell you a replica and letters that spell BLESHY for $4000
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    09/11/09

    @Mad_Science: Ha!
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    Image of SubieBlast SubieBlast
    09/11/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
    for 20K you can hire someone to make you acustom hood no one else has.
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    BrAff promoted this comment SubieBlast was starred SubieBlast was unstarred
    Image of Senor Dos y Do Senor Dos y Do
    09/11/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
    I find it very hard to believe that a Carroll Shelby related entity would put the screws to its customers.

    Oh wait, no I don't.
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    discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch! promoted this comment Senor Dos y Do was starred Senor Dos y Do was unstarred
    Image of Theimbellis Theimbellis
    09/11/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
    Aren't that what insurance is for?
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    Image of Braff Braff
    09/11/09

    @Theimbellis:

    Ralph Wiggum reads Jalopnik!!
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    09/11/09

    @BrAff: I'm learnding.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    09/11/09

    @BrAff: Unpossible!
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    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    09/11/09

    @vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in: Guys, you can't go picking on commenters like you're Super Nintendo Chalmers!
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    Image of mikeyyc mikeyyc
    09/11/09

    @BrAff: And this is where I met the leprechaun. He told me to burn things.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    09/11/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
    I don't understand. It's a limited production car with a bespoke carbon fiber hood made for a $80,000 car. Of course replacement parts are going to be pissy expensive.
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    Image of Braff Braff
    09/11/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: hood does not equal 1/4 the price of a car...

    A Bugatti hood is not $250,000 (... i think)
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    Image of LegendaryC LegendaryC
    09/11/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
    I'm not sure about you guys but I'd totally buy a Replacement Carbon Fiber Hood for a Shelby GT500KR for the current price of $9700 then buy 24 more of my 87 Camaro and have $100 left over.
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    Mad_Science promoted this comment LegendaryC was starred LegendaryC was unstarred
    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    09/11/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
    I know a guy who put a Viper back on the road as his personal touring car after it had been badly wrecked. The door skins were $5k each. Luckily, he is also an awesome fiberglass guy, so he ended up doing it all himself and I can't tell a difference. The hand-built part of the Viper leads to its expensive parts though, from my understanding (hand-made means that they are all slightly different as far as fit goes).
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/11/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
    Maybe I ought to go into the Shelby Hood making business. I bet I could get some made in China real cheap.
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    Edited by Flathead Smith at 09/11/09 4:09 PM Flathead Smith was starred Flathead Smith was unstarred
    Image of wojo wojo
    09/11/09

    @Flathead Smith: Yes, but finding ones made in China that don't dissolve in the rain, now that's the challenge!
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    Flathead Smith promoted this comment wojo was starred wojo was unstarred
    Image of Ash78, tryptophanatic Ash78, tryptophanatic
    09/11/09

    @Flathead Smith: "Xierubi" is probably far enough away to be legal. You'll still get sued, though.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/11/09

    @Ash78: Yeah Shelby is known for suing every chance he can get, it would have done using multiple fake front companies and misspelling Shelby on the hood with "Shelbey" or some such variation or leaving it off altogether. I'm sure it would be easy to find some Chinese importer that is good at that sort of thing.
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    Edited by Flathead Smith at 09/11/09 4:43 PM Flathead Smith was starred Flathead Smith was unstarred
    Image of Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II
    09/11/09

    @Flathead Smith: I would pay a lot of money to see some kid riding down the road with a jackassey look on his face and "shelbey" across the hood.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    09/11/09

    @Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: But the good news is, if it's made in China you don't have to!
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    Image of wojo wojo
    09/11/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
    This makes the whole GT500KR almost look like a bargain at $89,000.00!
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    Image of Joe Valasek Joe Valasek
    09/11/09

    @wojo-the newly visible man-ardi: awesome comment, great job!:
    Could I get a $20k discount if I'd drive it without the hood?
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    BrAff promoted this comment Joe Valasek was starred Joe Valasek was unstarred
    Image of .357 .357
    09/11/09

    In reply to Replacement Carbon-Fiber Hood For Shelby GT500KR: $20K?!
    I seriously doubt that the Shelby's hood is the only CF hood.
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    skaycog - Got Milk? promoted this comment .357 was starred .357 was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    09/11/09

    @.357: I heartily agree with you. I wholeheartedly agree with you.
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