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.
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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