Art & Inspiration Just Louvers////////

Where was it?...and when were they formed?

Heres a story at the link below...

https://www.hotrodhotline.com/feature/richardscorner/06sirmichaels/

Quoted below from another Forum in 2013...

https://www.gmfullsize.com/threads/what-happened-to-sir-michaels-parts.270131/

Q,"So maybe I'm being ignorant here, but I've been out of the customizing loop for a while. I went to look for a Sir Michaels rollpan and I can't find a single trace of that company anywhere.

What happened to Sir Michael's?"

A,"They are no longer in business."

Anybody in California that can back that up for Aircoup?

 

The guy getting pushed in the chest is holding a ..... Graflex-branded cameras, released in 1898, was the Graflex camera, also known as the Graflex Reflex, or Graflex single lens reflex (SLR).

Same camera we used on the State Police. Was a pain in the butt LOL.

 

Loudbang,
You were on the police force in 1898?

 

OMG,,,,,I knew he was older than me,but not that much!

 

...Ya Hoodlums...



...lotsa' work in this one...

Credit to Photographer, Owner

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That turned out great Fastcar...is the Chevy ll, oops, Acadian, oops Canso, oops Nova on the road already?......they didn't make that complicated did they...jeeze...

 

Some louvers from Sweden....

 

@Stogy The car is on the road. I laid out the louvers and friends help punch them.

 

Well Hamber's, being a Louversmith is kind of like a Barber, you have lots of customers 1 at a time...

 

You fellas sure have it goin' on over there...well ventilated and lots of stuff I'd like to have in my garage...

Thanks @j hansen
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Hell no I'm not ancient yet just old. It just shows how cheap our department was .... probably bought them used.

 

https://imsmuseum.org/fame_inductee/johnnie-parsons/

...from the inside looking out...Johnnie Parsons doing some minor adjustments to one of the many classes of Go Fast he participated in and coming out on top many times...

...thanks @Dean Lowe...

Credit to Photographer, Owner
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Johnnie Parsons. ^

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/new-project-the-3b-speed-shop-34-coupe.1220807/

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/tech-week-hand-forming-four-inch-louvers.1229971/

...Hamber @the-rodster's remarkable journey in Hotrod is continuing. One of the latest additions is the steel top insert fabbed from a hood...not uncommon due to compound curves already existing in automotive sheetmetal.

He didn't say how he did the Louvers in the insert but I suspect he used his hand and hammer method with the dies he made in his winning tech Thread a while back...

Credit to @the-rodster
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Did this Healy a long time ago. Story on this one, fella brings the hood over and there's an outie dent towards the front of the hood, flip the hood over, huh? there's layout and previously mentioned outie dent is an attempted louver, huh? again. Customer had taken hood to another louver installer whose machine evidently didn't have enough poop to punch. "Metal is old and has become crystalized and too hard to punch" other louver guy tells customer. Huh? one more time, learn something new everyday! Proceed to punching and collect $$.

 

Experience and capable equipment wins the race...Nice Sporty and love the vintage image and color...and I guess the layout was done already...looks good Johnny...

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/swedish-dry-lake-roadster.866763/

...Across the Pond Excellence...this is Hamber @J.B. Lakes Inspired work of art with a righteous group of Hotrods...

Credit to Photographer, Owner
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...This Hotrod...it's one of those I recall from my early days as a Newbie here...it just has a look that was rumbling around back in the day...ruff around the edges...yes just as many were...I also know this is a friend of @J.Ukrop's that has a shop where Joey is building and gleaning a heap of all things Hotrod to stoke the Vintage torch for many years to come...oh!!...and take cool pics to boot...

Credit to @J.Ukrop
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https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/old-hot-rods-photos.1038554/page-2#post-11762226

...Thanks for your service Pat...and the dream you drafted as a POW truly was a memorable work of art and a moving part of the big picture...Show and Go...

Credit to Photographer, Owner
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...Hamber @hotrd32's Highboy that just ticks all the boxes and that awesome Avatar...I'll take this moment to wish you a Happy Birthday Hotrodder...Hope you got out for a Spring Cruise, some cake and a beverage...

Credit to Photographer, Owner
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https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/belly-tank-build-update.555655/

...Hamber @sailingadventure's Show worthy Belly Tank Racer...I'll dig up the link to his build Thread momentarily...

Credit to Photographer, Owner
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https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/found-ted-fryes-belly-tank.1238702/#post-14167328

...and another blast from the past.

What a room of historical inspiration...

Credit to Photographer, Owner
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