Every Hot Rod Needs Some Louvers!

[HealeyRick]

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.

[BWA]

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

[HealeyRick]

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)

[BWA]

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

[HealeyRick]

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.