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Old 06-30-2016, 11:22 PM
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Hi Robert
Never seen or heard of a louvered muffler before!! The thing's you see on this forum, Great job done and a nice detail.
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Old 07-16-2016, 08:35 PM
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Dare to be different! The louvers serve more to direct air between to help cool them off. They sit up inside a cavity, so anything that helps...


Cody travelled down today from Milton DE so we could add some bead detail surrounding the louvers on the hood sides.



He used a paper pattern to copy the louver layout from the hood sides, and then added the offset for the bead location.





While he was doing that Kyle and I added the rounded bead detail to the louver panels for the Wheeling Machine, here using a fancy clamp-on guide...



Beaded....



Motion picture of same..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcPpwUF5yvI

Excess flange is trimmed to the bead edge...



This should give a more finished edge when attached to the cast legs...



Once Cody was done with the layout and transferred it to some 1/2" thick MDF, it was cut out on the fancy vice jigsaw...





The corners were dressed with a 1-1/2" diameter drum sander and all the other edges filed to remove any imperfections that may alter the course of the beading dies. Then a sample of 18 gauge was clamped and run through the dies to insure the corners wanted to play nicely... The dies in the Lennox were changed to the flat upper for a flatter bead profile.












With that looking good, the MDF guide was located on the hood side, clamped temporarily with some vise grips, and drilled for 8-32 machine screws to secure it in place..



Cody positions the IPhone for the video, using the patent pending Vise Grip phone clamp.



Completed panels...







Video of the process....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zicnFG7KRLc

One pass was made most of the way through to give a good amount of stretch, and a second pass a slight bit more to add some definition..





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Old 07-17-2016, 05:48 AM
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That frames it nicely. Always felt it was a little bit under done before, or the louvers too short, but now it looks spot on.
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Old 07-17-2016, 08:41 AM
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Thanks for the comments Marcus. Cody asked yesterday which version I liked as he had taken a poll before for with beading vs. without. I preferred the without at the time.. As to the size of the louvers, I think they were trying to keep them from being too long and look too similar to a 34 Ford. And in the back of my mind, I think Cody had wanted this bead detail from the get go, so I gotta believe he was prepared for that in the sizing of the louvers. Now that I look at the results from yesterday and given all the other bead details in the build, it better matches the rest of the car. I think the louvers look more refined with this detail, and should really blossom once the paint goes on.
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Old 07-18-2016, 04:46 AM
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Really sharp Robert.

Maybe its just the pictures, but the bottom "swoop" of the louvers does not seem to keep the same reveal (distance) to the bottom curved edge of the panel.
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Old 07-18-2016, 05:51 AM
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It doesn't.. All factors considered, the lower edge is not a consistent arc, it flattens out about halfway through, and then starts to arc the other direction. Then the fender actually comes above that line when installed, obscuring part of it, so there was less concern of trying to match that and more to provide a nice consistent flow of the louver sizing irrespective of the bottom edge.. Mostly I think it was so this 35 Chevy's hood sides wouldn't look like a copy of a 34 Ford. We did have lengthy conversation about all those details before punching the hood sides.. Thanks for the comments!



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Old 07-18-2016, 06:13 AM
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It doesn't.. All factors considered, the lower edge is not a consistent arc, it flattens out about halfway through, and then starts to arc the other direction. Then the fender actually comes above that line when installed, obscuring part of it, so there was less concern of trying to match that and more to provide a nice consistent flow of the louver sizing irrespective of the bottom edge.. Mostly I think it was so this 35 Chevy's hood sides wouldn't look like a copy of a 34 Ford. We did have lengthy conversation about all those details before punching the hood sides.. Thanks for the comments!




Robert... That hood and louvers is looking really good I like it !!!!
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Thanks Peter!

Cody got one of the hood sides hung on the car today to check out the new look. I definitely think the bead detail gives the louvers a better, more refined look.. Good call Cody.

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Old 07-18-2016, 10:18 PM
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+1 from me.
I think it looks great with the bead.
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Old 07-19-2016, 06:11 AM
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Proportions look perfect now.
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