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steve r
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lets see some more pics
NOt sure about the hood scoops yet...........They are just chilling on the hood fer now
The reason they are bright black is that is what came outta the box.
I think the scoops dont look right with da hood!!
BUt who knows maybe it will grow on me.......................I know the kids love it..
The reason they are bright black is that is what came outta the box.
I think the scoops dont look right with da hood!!
BUt who knows maybe it will grow on me.......................I know the kids love it..
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steve r
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The scoops look good .attatch and paint they will look fineDan S said:
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steve r
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The scoops will make good air to the carb.
StainlessDeal
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Not my Favorite, But Still Cool
I don't know Dan, seems like a mixed metaphor to me. Just a little too mod on that curvy bod.
How about frenching an opening like the scoops have into the hood, and leaving the gunsite? Maybe frenching some scoops without the ornament.
It looks a little crowded (to my eyes) with just the two breadboxes, so I'd say that if you do go with them, without the ornament is best.
Coolest thing is that you don't have to do anything you don't want to! It's all you , baby!
Aren't old cars just a blast? [white]
I don't know Dan, seems like a mixed metaphor to me. Just a little too mod on that curvy bod.
How about frenching an opening like the scoops have into the hood, and leaving the gunsite? Maybe frenching some scoops without the ornament.
It looks a little crowded (to my eyes) with just the two breadboxes, so I'd say that if you do go with them, without the ornament is best.
Coolest thing is that you don't have to do anything you don't want to! It's all you , baby!
Aren't old cars just a blast? [white]
StainlessDeal
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Frenching=
That's what my dad always called it when guys would sink a light or body fixture into the lines of the body.
If you were to sink your gascap into the body, creating a pocket for it, you would say it was frenched.
A common example of frenching would be the guys that took the bullet tailights from mid-to-late-50's Caddy's and put them in groups across the back of an Olds or Chevy. The effect looks kind of like the little taillights are each sitting in an oversized body-colored socket. Kinda like a deck screw in a too-large pilot hole only cooler.
I'm making a bit of a mush of this, so I'm going to consult my Pappy for some photos. I'm sure I'll have something by tomorrow night.
As far as frenching those scoops goes, a better way to put it would probably be to fair them in. More like just putting holes shaped like the openings on those scoops in the hood itself, and then having the metal go inward to finish the effect a little better than just sawing a hole.
My hotrod (not nearly so cool to start with as yours) has a large triangular hole in the hood where the bugeater sticks out. It is cool enough, but not as finished looking as a dog-house or a true scoop is. Your ride I'm betting has plenty of clearance under that gorgeous domed hood, so a scoop that goes inward would add a sinister look that doesn't disturb the original lines. I think this approach would accentuate the "antiqueness" of the car, and still make it look bada$$ & fast. You'd get a ram-air effect if you do it just right.
Just my two cents though, whatever you do decide to do, that car is going to be too cool!
That's what my dad always called it when guys would sink a light or body fixture into the lines of the body.
If you were to sink your gascap into the body, creating a pocket for it, you would say it was frenched.
A common example of frenching would be the guys that took the bullet tailights from mid-to-late-50's Caddy's and put them in groups across the back of an Olds or Chevy. The effect looks kind of like the little taillights are each sitting in an oversized body-colored socket. Kinda like a deck screw in a too-large pilot hole only cooler.
I'm making a bit of a mush of this, so I'm going to consult my Pappy for some photos. I'm sure I'll have something by tomorrow night.
As far as frenching those scoops goes, a better way to put it would probably be to fair them in. More like just putting holes shaped like the openings on those scoops in the hood itself, and then having the metal go inward to finish the effect a little better than just sawing a hole.
My hotrod (not nearly so cool to start with as yours) has a large triangular hole in the hood where the bugeater sticks out. It is cool enough, but not as finished looking as a dog-house or a true scoop is. Your ride I'm betting has plenty of clearance under that gorgeous domed hood, so a scoop that goes inward would add a sinister look that doesn't disturb the original lines. I think this approach would accentuate the "antiqueness" of the car, and still make it look bada$$ & fast. You'd get a ram-air effect if you do it just right.
Just my two cents though, whatever you do decide to do, that car is going to be too cool!
StainlessDeal
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Dan, I ran into this and joined myself today: http://www.hotrodders.com/
seems like a cool place. Functions are all v-bulletin. [hello]
Dan, I ran into this and joined myself today: http://www.hotrodders.com/
seems like a cool place. Functions are all v-bulletin. [hello]
I found a studebaker site a few months back..WOW all kinds of info.
I sent the same pic's there as here and now we are on 4 pages of replies.
find those [pics Scott I would love 2 c `em.
LARRY ........... I gots tons of squirrel tails but NO coon tails.......
I think Im gonna resess them into the hood. On that other sait a dude suggested I cut my hols a bit bigger and then bend it inside to have a better complete look compared to the plastic just laying on top of the hood.
and here I thought I would be done by June.............I keep giving my self more work!!
I sent the same pic's there as here and now we are on 4 pages of replies.
find those [pics Scott I would love 2 c `em.
LARRY ........... I gots tons of squirrel tails but NO coon tails.......
I think Im gonna resess them into the hood. On that other sait a dude suggested I cut my hols a bit bigger and then bend it inside to have a better complete look compared to the plastic just laying on top of the hood.
and here I thought I would be done by June.............I keep giving my self more work!!
