REAR DECKLID AIR INTAKE PROJECT, PART 1

Are you going to experiment with louvers and raising the rear locking point in your study?

Seems a twin grill deck lid (used in later year 356s) would option too.

Hi Wolfgang...The two photos you sent will certainly eliminate any air flow restriction by far !   Just the louvers alone would probably do it. No I will not be changing the rear lock point either.

My goal is to supply a modification kit to a stock decklid that still has a rain guard that is functional and still looks similar to a stock one yet has no air intake restrictions like the stock one does....(within reason parameters of what most owners use as as engines)

I see in the double grille, it looks like I can see the fan shroud. It looks the same fore the single as well so I guess both owners just like the louver look. I do too. especially with a wide body and nice flares !       ...........Bruce

Bruce, I've been pondering on this as well. During a 1 hour drive in 80F air temperature, I can open the deck lid and not hold my hand on the shroud. But, do the same drive time with the deck lid propped open 5" I can hold the hand longer on the shroud. That tells me there are two things going on, air flow and heat dissipating upward. At this point, I've just been sketching ideas that I feel are way to aggressive to the lid design, so I have not done anything physical modification.

Great work Bruce, look forward to seeing what you come up with!

hows this coming along?

Bruce, I have a brand new fiberglass inside center section. It's the center 'rain shield' from hinge  point to hinge point. PM me if you need it for anything.  I picked it up from rusty tubs (250.00!!) for a similar project.  Decided to back burner it for the trans install. 

Looking good so far,
Ted

James & Ted......I got slowed down on this project due to the flu and I need to make another batch of hinges for the wind wings and sun visors I sell. Those sort of take priority right now. Ted I won't need that rain shield you have but hang on to it. You never know. I have deck lid with no rain shield.........Bruce

Hope you are feeling better Bruce!

Get well soon Bruce!

I hope  you get well soon.  I'm really looking forward to seeing your solution.

Hope you feel better soon, Bruce. Al

Unfortunately you'll have to be patient.  I was just getting over the flu and then got it again with a vengeance. Day after day of trying to blow my lungs out of my mouth. This is terrible stuff. The only positive is that I'm retired. I wonder if I inhaled Lysol if it would kill it ?

Thanks for your kind words.........Bruce

I feel your pain...   Kathy and I had Pneumonia really badly for two months early last year.  Both of us got the flu and Pneumonia shots for this year.  We're also avoiding crowds and kids.  Seems to help - we're OK so far this winter.

Hope you feel better soon, Bruce!

Bruce. You said decklids as in plural. Does that mean you have spares and if so are you willing to part with one? I have a CMC.

ZICAM Inhaler:  I swear by the stuff ...at the first sign of a cold I sniff 3 of the tubes 3 hours apart , next day no sign of cold . This has worked except once  for past three years.

Alan Merklin posted:

ZICAM Inhaler:  I swear by the stuff ...at the first sign of a cold I sniff 3 of the tubes 3 hours apart , next day no sign of cold . This has worked except once  for past three years.

And this advice offered by a self confessed, unlicensed pilot who once flew about 70 feet albeit briefly, at low altitude and without FAA approval to only and finally confirm the full effects of gravity.... :-)

“ZICAM Inhaler: I swear by the stuff ...at the first sign of a cold I sniff 3 of the tubes 3 hours apart , next day no sign of cold.”

Read that and looked in the bathroom but didn’t find any Zicam.  Figured, “What the hell, I’ll try Jameson instead.”  Snorted it up in there to instantaneous shock - WOW!  That’s potent $#!+!  

Now I can’t smell nuthin but I no longer care.....

Back to the Olympics......

tequila is my go to drug, cures most everything ive come across:}

David Stroud posted:

Alan Merklin posted:

ZICAM Inhaler:  I swear by the stuff ...at the first sign of a cold I sniff 3 of the tubes 3 hours apart , next day no sign of cold . This has worked except once  for past three years.

And this advice offered by a self confessed, unlicensed pilot who once flew about 70 feet albeit briefly, at low altitude and without FAA approval to only and finally confirm the full effects of gravity.... :-)

Actually twice  :~(

Don Harrison......Yes I have two decklids. Both from a VS. One is only the lid with no rain shield attached underneath. The other does but it has been carved out in the center by someone who thought that was an expedient way to get more air in. You can sort of see that in the photos I posted at the beginning of this thread. Once I have finished this project I would be willing to sell them...certainly Don

Speaking of continuing this post. I got that damn flu twice. My Wife is on her second round right now so I hope I don't get it again. Other things have interfered as well. I ran out of wind wing and sun visor hinges so I'm getting that out of the way first. I have now sold over 150 sets of them world wide. I'm working on some new and really cool front license plate holders that will fit Original Speedsters and coupes...Types A, B, and C's.  No drilling will be necessary and they will be instantly (the plate) removable the same as the ones I make for our replicas. Next month I have a meeting with Sierra Madre Collections to show these wares and hopefully, possible inclusion in their inventory.

I'm also playing with a prototype set of Lexan side curtains/windows for better visibility. This not an easy job and it may be necessary to modify the top a little. I'm on my third prototype already and they are still just made out of plywood!

After reading everyone's comments about roll bars and seat belts I have been convinced that I need to re-do another roll bar and add shoulder straps. Many years ago I crashed in my dune buggy ( going maybe 50mph) into a wash and hit the wall of it on the other side. I was using a 5 point harness (3" lap belts) I lived, and after a a couple weeks in the hospital and a bunch of sewing,  hurt for a long time because I blew open the bag that encases my stomach and intestines. I really appreciated everyone's comments and opinions AND that there were no pissing matches. I really like that about this site and all of you in it...........Bruce

"I really appreciated everyone's comments and opinions AND that there were no pissing matches."

That's cuz we're all getting older and the flow rate has diminished.