Re: headers

["MIKE DIAN HATHAWAY" <mhathdway@xxxxxxx>]

All-When I bought headers for my AMX, I never even considered Hookers. Years 
ago, when there were more companys making headers, Hookers were at the 
bottom of the 'quality ladder', and Doug's were the way to go, at least for 
street headers. for AMCs. I don't know how Hooker survived and others 
didn't. Anyway, I bought Heddman. Slipped right in, quality was good, and 
they were 1/2 the cost of those Hookers. I guess hooker is probably a 
spot-on name, because if you patronize them, you'll get screwed.-Mike
> From: "Gary Walker" <NashFlash@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: mail-From-mhathdway-msn.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: "AMCList" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: headers
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 04:44:25 -0500
>
> Hey folks,
>    Anyone that remembers our discussion and the pictures that I supplied 
> of
> a new $365.00 set of Hooker Super Competition headers that I bought would
> not recommend Hookers to anyone.   If you recall, they were completely
> UNUSABLE.  The workmanship was atrocious.  Some of the ports hardly even
> resembled the proper dog leg shape.   Some were not even rectangular, but
> very roughly square with mig wire hanging all out.   The collector cone is
> wide open so that I could see lots of daylight when I held them up and
> looked inside.  A very crude set of thin gaskets was supplied with port
> holes smaller than any AMC head ever had.   After MANY phone calls from
> Louisiana to California, I got to talk to a management person at Hooker who
> told me that the lack of quality in my headers were the norm now since all
> Hooker headers are (at that time) made in Mexico.   Some of my photos show
> the Mexico stamp.  He agreed to take them back, but I had to pay the
> shipping costs.
>     NOW, since then, I have purchased a set of the same headers at a swap
> meet which are unused.  They could be older or newer than the unusable ones
> that I bought new.   The guy that I bought them from knew they were also of
> very poor quality, although better than my new ones had been.   Therefore,
> he sold them to me for $20.00 with the thought that I could possibly rework
> them to make them somewhat useable.   The ports are somewhat better,
> although still misshapen, and the collector is still open to the wind.
>     I do not think that is the kind of product that we ought to settle 
> for.
>     Your AMC Friend,
>     Gary Walker
>     Owner of Mission Impossible S/PRO AMX  and
>     The Grant Rebel SST Funny Car   et al
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JACK BOUGHTER" <jack_boughter@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 9:02 PM
> Subject: headers
>
>
> > amc listers;
> >    my 73 AMX is going in for engine rebuid.
> >    factory exhaust manifold is broken
> >    please advise best tube type headers available.
> >    thanks
> >     redjavamx.........jack_boughter@xxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Jack Boughter
> > Jack_Boughter@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
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