Scoop Opinion Poll

Moving this over from the Anything Goes section ...
I want to recycle my old hibachi grille by cutting it in half through the band in the center and inserting it into my headrests. Since I'm trimming out the headrest faces, I'll have nothing to provide a "finished" appearance in the void space.
I plan on trimming the grilles and then attaching it to the roll bar tubing directly, so the back half comes up and away from them while they still remain attached to the hoop supports.
I don't have anything against old Camaros, but this isn't a Chevrolet product and I want it to look as "factory racer" as I can; Id rather re-use these grille vanes than re-invent the wheel.
So ... just like I did several months ago with the paint scheme, I'll leave this one in the capable hands of the Peers and go with the majority opinion.
Vote early and vote often.

I vote yes . . . worth a try!

If it doesn't work out you could go with the grill-style headlight guards. They have a better, more rounded shape than the squared off deck lid grill and might be a better starting point. You could also try to integrate part of the headlight rim itself as well. Maybe wrap it in matching vinyl or leather to make it seem a part of the interior AND an integrated transition piece to the exterior. A segue if you will, a seamless transition between one and another . . .

Or, maybe not . . .

TC, I hadn't even thought about the headlight grille possibility. I was going to go look at used appliance parts if the hibachi didn't work out. Maybe a stainless rack from an old oven ... As I think you used once upon a time for a different reason ...
My interior won't need a transition to the body, though. It's going to be more Spartan than any other car I've ever had. Amenities include the diamond-plate flooring, my own variety of "dead pedal" and polished aluminum interior panels.

Certainly worth a try! Give the scoop a nice 1" radius/lip to set you grill into. My only concern would be excess wind noise that it might generate, if you would even hear it!

Put an outdoor speaker behind the grills (like marine speakers - much better at weather than standard car speakers), then hideaway your stereo headunit. Cover the area behind the grills with fabric that the sound will go through (just to finish it up). Slick music, right behind your ears, all hidden away. Crank the tunes and let 'er rip Cory! angela

Hmmmm. ...

Angela, I honestly hadn't even entertained putting a stereo in the car. It's going to live outdoors until I can sell the no-garage-having townhouse without getting killed by capital gains taxes.
I'll seriously consider the marine speaker idea, though. That had escaped me completely, and probably makes a stereo do-able.
I have an old Jeep stereo in my basement. Any idea how well they hold up to the weather?

Mel, I'm not even a little bit concerned about road noise. Right now, the only noise I hear when I'm in the car is the four-inch grinder, the recip saw and the dogs barking outside Sartwell's garage. When I finally fire this old thing up, I'm going to be so happy I won't be able to hear the engine over the sound of my WOOOOOO-HOOOO! as I tool on down the road.

My day will come, though. Oh, yes. Three weeks. Then I'm going to drive this crate like I stole it!

Cory,

Most of the Speedsters get "Very Light" in the Front End at high speed. By adding air inside the nose could affect the bad condition to become worse.

I vote no.

Jack

Jack, I'm not sure what you mean.
Just to round out the details for you, I've asked folks here for a little creative engineering direction from time to time. This time, I'm looking to do something I haven't seen done either in a replica or on the original racers, but the opinions will carry the day since I'm torn between a couple different ideas.
The reference was to grilles in the headrests; I'm seeking an aesthetic opinion on inserting grillework inside the headrest scoop openings themselves. (There's a photo above with some modifications to it.)
I'm guessing you probably just read the post quickly and connected grilles with holes in the nose. No worries there; there are four holes in the front end now, two of which will be re-glassed (the horn grilles) smooth, and the other two will have fog lamps directly inside or in front of them.
There's about eighty pounds of structural steel in the front end now, forward of the axle, that wasn't there when I started. Plus the 102 lbs. of full fuel cell and 40 lbs. of battery ... and the frame head, discs and calipers ...
If that doesn't all add up to stability, I've made a lead block in a two-by-two piece of box tubing for an additional 45 lbs. of dead weight.
So ... Whaddya think about the scoop grilles? :)

Cory,

OK, "We're on the same page!"

It looks OK but the car I most remember with these were the 917-30; Mark Donahue drove.

Classic or Modified Touring; doesn't matter to me as long as the car looks clean and not "Cobbled Up".

Jack