Re: [FWDLK] Stuck in the 50's

[Charles Pollock <cpollock@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi John,
Actually Eastwood sells a tool in their catalog that will do hoods, doors, whatever.  Just one louver at a time though.  It would take awhile and you would need a steady hand.
I go to a BIG hotrods show here in southern Ohio every year, the Pumpkin Run is what it is called and it takes place the first weekend in October.  I have seen loads of cars there with louvered hoods, fenders, etc.  I guess people still do it here in Ohio.  Unfortunately, 'hot rods' of the vintage we are talking about are no longer in the realm of teenagers and joe-sixpacks.  You need a 6+ figure income to play the game now!  Just finding the appropriate car to start with can be a 20-30 thousand dollar investment!

Musta been nice back in the day....

Charles (39, but still love the fin cars!)


a57fury@xxxxxxx wrote:

Ray

 

I wonder if a good restoration shop can make hood louvres?  I'll have to ask at the shop where I took my cars.  I'll bet they can.  Did they actually have a machice that made the louvres?  One side at a time or the whole hood at once?  I never gave it much thought.

John

 

 
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Actually, my buddy and I worked for a while at the Westinghouse Plant in Baltimore. We worked the night shift, and I worked alone in one side of the plant. My buddy worked on the other side in the Chrome shop, chroming parts like door handles( for Radio cabinets) and suchlike. So, everything we could take off under the hood of his new '57 Fury was chrome! 
 
They also had a louver press there. When things were a little slow, the press operator would do your hood or whatever for you, a bottle helped a lot. I guess those presses are all junked out by now. Must be hard to find someone who can do it is why you don't see them anymore. 
We also had a guy working there who had a '51 Merc coupe which had tanks in those big 1/4's and ran Moonshine up from the Carolina's. Potent stuff! 
 
We all have stories od those great old days, but, it's a wonder we survived! 
Ray 
 
On Nov 4, 2006, at 9:33 AM, a57fury@xxxxxxx wrote: 
 
> Ray 
>   
> Talking about customs, do youremember the "louvered hoods" on '49, '50 > and '51 Mercs and Fords?  There were a bunch of them here in Northern > New Jersey in the 50's and early 60's.  Those were the only cars that > had them around here.  I don't see that anymore on the customs at > shows. 
> John= 

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