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Originally Posted by ZeGermanHam
I always thought it was kinda silly for the GTO to be sold with a hood scoop that was for decoration only. For such a prominent styling element on the the car to be fake is a disappointment.
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Water ingestion.
You wouldn't want to drive your car in the rain with an open forward facing scoop, especially with the air pan installed.
Remember that these cars were designed for daily use, among worst case customers.
(Also - the '64 "scoops" were fake, too).
K
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