1967 R/T hood louvers

[R413]

They used red primer. The scoops I’ve seen had very little red primer overspray and Not much body color on the bottom side.


THonking more about the paint, they built these cars at 3 different plants. So anything is possible.

Is there any orange or green on the metal parts?

 

[qkcuda]

I'll have to pull the trim off to see what's underneath.

 

[qkcuda]

No clues obtained by removing the chrome trim. As bad as the black paint was, they obviously removed the trim before they painted it. Must not have sanded it well because the black peels off rather easily in the corners, but the orange is stuck pretty well.

 

[qkcuda]

The chrome pieces are badly pitted and not worth wasting much time on. I will be ordering some new ones at some point.

 

[qkcuda]

Any ideas on removing the paint from the hard plastic? I have read the brake fluid works well, and doesn't harm the plastic.

 

[qkcuda]

I have found three fairly decent pictures on the internet for the louver placement.

Can anyone tell me the measurement from the back edge of the hood to the back edge of the louver?

 

[R413]

Mine is 3.25” From rear edge of hood to rear of scoop, and it’s original paint so no funny business.

 

[qkcuda]

Excellent, thank you!

 

[Dave6T4]

Any ideas on removing the paint from the hard plastic? I have read the brake fluid works well, and doesn't harm the plastic.

Try Castrol Superclean in a purple jug. I use it on model car bodies with no damage to plastic. Jus don't slop it on paint you would like to keep. I found out the hard way that it will also attack aluminum (like, dissolve).

 

[Mr. PNW]

I had a 67 Coronet 440 vert I bought an R/T hood for back in the 80s. As mentioned, the R/T 67 hood has holes cut out in the underside framing that allows you to easily make hole saw drilled holes in the top. The factory used that tan colored sealant on the wide flange nuts to seal it all up. If I recall correctly the holes were something around 1/2”, thus the need for that sealant. The large holes must have been so the factory could quickly install them.

 

[Mr. PNW]

Here another hood showing the holes in the frame.

 

[R413]

The large holes are because there are large found pilots on the scoop to locate it. They fit down below the hood skin into the large holes.