Monday, January 21, 2008

24) Front apron grill

So after thinking (read: worrying) about air flow the other day, I finally bit the bullet and decided to add some venting to the front apron. This was hard for me because I really wanted ALL of the body work on this car to be stock, and this would change the attitude of the car a little. But I want to be functional above all, and I really don't want to be caught 100's of miles away and have this thing over heat :)

I finally came up with the idea of using a grill just like a super beetle. The problem with the super beetle is the grill up front is very rounded, and it just wouldn't work in this virtually flat apron. Then it hit me, I have a spare hood, and it's got the fresh air vents up top! Sure enough, I cut it out and it fits perfectly! I really like how this is going to look, because it will match the one of the hood!



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Here are the first few welds. I'm being super careful here about heat and burn through. I don't want to alter these perfect vents. I couldn't only imagine how hard it would be to fix them.



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A few more welds, slowly...



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The finished product. I'm in love!

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2 Comments:

At April 8, 2008 6:08 PM , Blogger Matt said...

I had that same idea for my subaru conversion! Great minds think alike, it seems.

check mine out here: http://shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=114749

 
At April 9, 2008 9:37 AM , Blogger - Pete said...

That's awesome Matt! Looking good! I see you're going to build up a spoiler underneath also. I'll be sure to keep checking out your posts over on Shoptalkforums!

-Pete

 

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