Louvered Hood thread

Looking for pics of louvered hoods of any kind.....

 

I'm looking for somebody near Chicago to do some louvers for my 52. Anybody know of a shop? Pm me.

 

Got them done ,180 in all. uncle johnny here on the H.A.M.B. did them.

 

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awseome!

 

We've been known to louver a few hoods...



















even the occasional O/T hood.

 

Got the hood and lower dashboard done finally.
Still haven't got around to making it all one glossy color, I'm a big time procrastinator.

 

nice work ZMAN.

 

'55 Fairlane...

 

Here Are a few I have done recently.
dwrfab Don Ross

 

Had mine done in Nowata Oklahoma

 

Louvers done with press and Pullmax.

 

Here's some that I have done for HAMB'rs

and some decklids, tailgates and other stuff here:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/album.php?albumid=9709

Jerry

 

Can louvers be punched into a curved surface and still maintain the round shape? Like on top of a fender with a 14" radius? The louvers would run perpendicular with the length of the car.

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=281332&highlight=louvered

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=292723&highlight=louvered

 

This is a hood I did last week

 

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I don't think that a car can have too many louvers. The primered 33 had over 400.

 

For other than flat panels I believe special tooling would have to be made for the job you describe.

 

My DD:

 

You can see a bunch I did go to www.hotrodlouvers.com

 

1936 Ford


1948 Austin A40

 

There's a few louvers to be seen here:
http://www.speedlook.de

 

My brother and I did these on our own machine. The stretched 28-29 CCPU corner panels draw lots of comments. The frame covers were hard due to the size and the fact that they were rolled under

 

120 done in about 1980 in Bremerton, Wa

 

ZMAN, how do you like the MIttler Bros punch? I have thier big bead roller and love it after relocating the reverser switch closer to the work end rather than on the motor. How do you support the hood when punching or is it a 2 or 3 man job?
Hans

 

Here's my hood. Punched by Roy Idman in Mass.

 

heres mine , done by truckedup28 here on the hamb .


Shot at 2009-12-15

jp

 

Thanks man...

Love it... It was at least a 2 man job and still is to get the hood in the press. Once it's there though I have some rollers set up that I can adjust so the actual punching is a 1 man job.









I have their bead roller as well, it to kick's ass...