Side Louvres

[johng]

Just come across these, quite fancy a pair although probably not cheap by the time they get to the UK.
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Storm Hawk Products

 

[Roscobbc]

Considering what you have done already on your Vette I'd be very surprised if you were unable to fabricate some similar yourself John.

 

[johng]

That's a thought Ross, although I'm not sure how neatly I could make a fabrication. I wonder how much a 3D printer costs? Might be better to learn how to write the program and pay someone to print it

 

[johng]

Now you've done it Ross. I wouldn't have thought of fabricating a pair of these, but now you've suggested it I'm going to have to try and if I can't make it work I'll be disappointed, which will be all your fault
Easy enough to make one in cardboard. I need to have a play around with dimensions and angles, then I'll give it a go in aluminium.

 

[Steven Smith]

Now you've done it Ross. I wouldn't have thought of fabricating a pair of these, but now you've suggested it I'm going to have to try and if I can't make it work I'll be disappointed, which will be all your fault
Easy enough to make one in cardboard. I need to have a play around with dimensions and angles, then I'll give it a go in aluminium.
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Always a good idea to design it in CAD first, Cardboard, Aided, Design.

 

[Roscobbc]

Now you've done it Ross. I wouldn't have thought of fabricating a pair of these, but now you've suggested it I'm going to have to try and if I can't make it work I'll be disappointed, which will be all your fault
Easy enough to make one in cardboard. I need to have a play around with dimensions and angles, then I'll give it a go in aluminium.
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Wouldn't expect anything less from a former Fix Or Repair Daily exec'

 

[Nassau65]

Nicely polished 1969 style side pipes. They are my side pipe of choice for all 1968-82 models.
Polished up they do look extremely nice.

 

[CaptainK]

Nicely polished 1969 style side pipes. They are my side pipe of choice for all 1968-82 models.
Polished up they do look extremely nice.

I was just thinking they do look very nice.

 

[johng]

Not as nice as they used to look. You can see in the photo that the silver is starting to tarnish on the lower half.

 

[Nassau65]

A little bit of ageing/ tarnishing just adds a bit of character. They can’t look “ new out the box” forever.

 

[Nassau65]

One of the things that I’ve always hated on some of the “hooker” type side pipes is that they tend to get rusty after a while and to my eyes look scruffy.
At least on the 69 style aluminium ones even when not polished don’t look scruffy. They may be a dull grey colour, and look very plain, but not scruffy.

 

[Roscobbc]

Chromed headers and side pipes will always be at risk from rust spots. It's usually in the small crevices left when tubes are welded in to collectors. The use the vehicle gets and conditions it is stored in will also potentially affect durability of the chrome finish.
Ceramic coated headers and side pipes suffer less from the problem and perhaps surprisingly can - (to a large degree) have any rust marks polished-out using same products you'd use on paintwork and can look almost as good as chrome. The real answer perhaps is polished stainless headers and side pipes.......but 'blueing' can be problematic and depending on grade/quality of the stainless, embrittlement caused by welding can cause potential material/weld fractures.
They are all rather expensive.......