Just had some louvers punched on a spare hood for my Healey. Looks like I'm going to be doing a lot of priming and sanding before it's ready for paint.
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Looks real good Rick.
Should help in letting a lot of hot air out of the engine compartment.
Where did you get it?
Did it cost a small fortune?
Cheers
Byron
Thanks, Byron. The hood is a spare Healey hood that before louvering needed the underhood braces removed. The louvers themselves were punched by a local guy that's been doing hot rods in New England for many years and only cost $200 (although he said the layout was a big enough pain it would be about $300 for the next person that wanted one)
He did a real good job of it.
It must be a challenge to punch those louvers without distorting the hood being that the hood is a compound curve.
Cheers
Byron
Yep, he really knows his stuff. On most of the louvered hoods I have seen on 3000s, the louvers are usually just punched on the flat part of the hood. It didn't look right to me and I wanted to extend the louvers as far as possible along the hood scoop line. He did a great job carrying out my ideas.