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Air Grabber (Plymouth) — 1970 hood scoop

Plymouth's 1970 ram-air hood option. Vacuum-actuated scoop door that lifts under throttle, exposing twin shark-teeth graphics on the underside. Code N96 on the broadcast.

Air Grabber is the Plymouth name for the 1970 ram-air hood with a driver-actuated trap door. A console-mounted toggle (or under-dash on cars without console) opens a vacuum servo, lifting the hood scoop's center panel to expose a forward-facing duct. The duct's underside carries painted shark-teeth graphics — visible only when the scoop is open. Broadcast/fender-tag callout: N96.

Dodge B-body cars with the equivalent ram-air option used a different scoop assembly with the same N96 code and similar vacuum-trap-door operation — but without the shark teeth. The Plymouth treatment is the famous one. The teeth are not on Phil's Dodge.

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