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Originally Posted by cffisher

I figured you'd have to hing in front there isn't much if any room to open it up from rear with scoop Looking good and different at same time.

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Thanks Charlie! I'm really enjoying this build, doing my own stuff the way I want it done is a heck of a lot more fun then doing somebody else's car!!!! I wanted the back edge of the scoop fairly close to the windshield to take advantage of that low pressure air that accumulates at the base of the windshield! To get the scoop close, the hood had to be front hinged or a take off. Giving some thought to making the entire front sheet metal tilt forward, too.....Makes it so much easier to work on the car! Or would a tilt front just be another concession to old age??????

Great looking scoop, Dave!

Thanks Falcon! Good to get a little time in on the car and get some of the small things done, anyway!

Dave.Any bracing on the inside of the scoop??. Just think with a salt flats run under consideration you might have to brace it.

yup, I'll glue in two braces. Probably not necessary, hood is surprisingly solid already but I'll brace it anyways.

As heavy as the metal is I wouldn't think it would be weakened by what you did...Probably made it stronger

Originally Posted by cffisher

As heavy as the metal is I wouldn't think it would be weakened by what you did...Probably made it stronger

Yeah, it's plenty strong. I did roll a bead down the center of the top piece which adds a lot to the strength of the panel also. That old sheet metal used back in the 50's and 60's is a couple sizes thicker then the thin stuff they use today! The inside of the hood will also have an aluminum air box to seal off the intake air from the underhood air.

have you looked at the angle of the hood at ride (speed) height for downforce or separation???????????

Talk about somebody totally wasting a classic tri-5 Chevy Sorry for diverting your thread, Dave....

Looks like it may have been a 4 dr. Seen a few 57 made shorter don't care for the look at all. I like my wifes

That shorten Chevy is just so wrong there should be a law against that type of build. Charlie, I do like the long roof Chevy that you are doing for your wife, it just needs to be introduced to the ground so that it can have a closer relationship with it. Dave I also like the new direction you are going with your '57 .

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

have you looked at the angle of the hood at ride (speed) height for downforce or separation???????????

At ride height it should generate a bit of front downforce, nothing huge but a bit. I tipped up the edge of the scoop to move the air over the top of the windshield rather then just ramming into it.

I've seen pictures of that shortened on before, Charlie.... Just evidence of what happens when people don't pay any attention to proportion when they start cutting!!!!!!

Thanks Whip, long ways to go on it yet but I think I have things going in the direction I want, anyway!!!!

Looks good,Dave..Lookin forward to the unveiling..You are burying a lot of ideas into this car,that a lot of people probably wouldnt even think about..You sure you haven't got Kiwi blood in ya veins,mate??

Originally Posted by lamin8r

Looks good,Dave..Lookin forward to the unveiling..You are burying a lot of ideas into this car,that a lot of people probably wouldnt even think about..You sure you haven't got Kiwi blood in ya veins,mate??

I met a Kiwi girl when I was in Athens, we went partying a few times.....Does that count????