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Is a 640,645and 443 hoods interchangeable.
I beleave they have 4 doors on each side.
Mine is missing hood.they look pretty close. Can anyone help or have one
By some slim chance.

Certainly the 640 and 645 hood would be the same.

The parts lists are available on this site, no need to rely on us - you can check them yourself but as I read it, the 640/645 hood is not the same as the 443 hood (bonnet).

Thank you gentlemen for the reply. Yes i looked at the parts list but it doesn't tell you what the difference is. Are they the same size or is it a difference in the spring mechanism in a vent door, hood latch parts. Pretty much im hopping someone knows if they will interchange length, height,width , and contours.

Thank you
Wes and owen_dyneto.
You guys provide a lot of answers to us novices tying to keep pacards flowing in the hands of youg people working with there kinds. Part numbers don't tell u why they put a different number on it if it was a very small change.its a 6 series im looking for i want to know if 443 will fit . Hard to find and expensive.so im looking to widen my chaces. Oh anyone have a back of shed one for sale

Again thank you.

I suspect that the 443 may be longer in the hood. For example, the 5 passenger phaeton bodies for a 640 and 443 are 1 11/16" difference in length from firewall to rear axle centerline. See attached drawings (which may not be clear enough to read). The wheelbases are 140 1/2" and 143", a difference of 2 1/2". The bodies and radiators on these two models could be positioned to accommodate these differences while using the same hood or the hood lengths are different.
I would tracking down owners of each model and asking that they measure the length of the hoods.

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