I really never paid much attention to it but I just noticed that my car has a hot air insulator pad. I bought the car from the original owner and I dont think he ever changed it because the car was bone stock with only 20k on it. I have 33k on it right now. The insultor is MINT. I am kinda bummed. I want my car to have all of the 87 parts that its supposed to have. Do you guys the factory made a mistake?
My 87 has a hot air hood insulator pad
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what month production is your car?
Could be a really really early production where they put the wrong pad on it. Or possibly hood damaged at the dealership and they had to put a hood on quick and took one of an 85 that didnt sell.
If you want to trash the old pad put me in line.
Jerry Berger
Could be a really really early production where they put the wrong pad on it. Or possibly hood damaged at the dealership and they had to put a hood on quick and took one of an 85 that didnt sell.
If you want to trash the old pad put me in line.
Jerry Berger
BRAD_PADGETT
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I really doubt the factory made a mistake using an 84/85 hood insulator pad on an 87. Somebody changed it. I bought a used 85 hood insulator from a guy who also had it on an 87. My advice is to locate an 87 hood insulator and sell your 84/85. You should come out about even. Take care. Brad
84GNRottydogg
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Let me know how much you would take for it and what shape is it in . I would be in line for it.
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somewhere somehow that insulator was swapped out.
if your car was an '86 model built in early August 1985, then I could see, that possibly, a carryover '85 insulator was installed. but no way could this happen to an '87 model during assembly.
if your car was an '86 model built in early August 1985, then I could see, that possibly, a carryover '85 insulator was installed. but no way could this happen to an '87 model during assembly.
I dont see how it could happen to a model 2 years out either. I am not going to call the original owner and ask him. I guess it will just remain a mystery.
The original owner is a multi-millionaire who owns a trucking co. and an oil field service co. It took me over 3 months of leaving messages with his secretary for him to even call me back just to ask him about the car. It was just rotting away in a 5 car garage when I finally got thru to him and bought it. So...NO...I am not going to bother that man again.
BRAD_PADGETT
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87NAT- IMO- I would locate an original 87 hoodliner and get a set of buttons from Kirbans. Then sell your hot air hoodliner and you should come out cash wise even. The hot air hoodliners are way more rare than an 87. I paid like $425 delivered for a brand new hot air hoodliner six years ago. Brad
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