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1. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet louvers (score: 1)
Author: Editorgary@aol.com
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:43:52 EDT
The louvers were NOT originally to deal with thermal problems. Roger Moment, Tom Kovacs, and i spent some time looking at original pictures in Donald and Geoffrey Healey's books, and have determined
/html/healeys/2009-04/msg00557.html (8,481 bytes)

2. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet louvers (score: 1)
Author: John Harper <ah@jharper.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:36:56 +0100
I have tried this myself and it does appear to help with fuel starvation I have a BN1 100 Le Mans , modified at the Cape and this has no louvers. In fact if you look at sales literature put out by th
/html/healeys/2009-04/msg00559.html (8,890 bytes)

3. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet louvers (score: 1)
Author: "Freese, Ken" <Kendall.Freese@Aerojet.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:01:22 -0700
The production 100S had no need for louvres as a carburetors air source. They have their own cold air box with trunking down to the grill. I would think they were for hot air escape. Ken Freese 100S
/html/healeys/2009-04/msg00560.html (9,334 bytes)

4. [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: Rick Swain <rjswain@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 00:44:53 +0000
I'm considering louvering (is that a word?) the bonnet on my BN4. I'd like to have them look like the louvers on a 100M. Can anyone give me the dimensions of these louvers? I just want to know what t
/html/healeys/2010-09/msg00917.html (6,837 bytes)

5. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: healeyguy@aol.com
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:35:15 -0400
I don't have an M bonnet to check the louvers but I have a six cylinder bonnet that is already louvered. Has three rows of three inch wide louvers unlike the two rows on the M. Been in the loft for
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00001.html (7,822 bytes)

6. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: Bob Haskell <rchaskell@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 06:29:03 -0400
See ebay item 230530440752 for a non original louvered 100 M bonnet. _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual do
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00003.html (7,762 bytes)

7. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: David Nock <healeydoc@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 08:34:09 -0700
One warning about louvers in the hood of a Healey. The hot air will be pulled out from under the hood and will then go up over the windshield and hit you in the face. I do have a couple of used hoods
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00012.html (9,284 bytes)

8. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: Jim LeBlanc <jim_leblanc@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:49:15 -0700 (PDT)
I personally like the look of louvers and enjoy engine smell coming over the folded down windscreen. When you get close to this, let me know I will send pictures and/or cut out shapes from an origin
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00014.html (10,285 bytes)

9. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: bighealey3k@aim.com
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:02:51 -0400
And when it rains, you could have your ignition shorted out by water drowning the distributor and coil high tension leads. Larry '67 BJ8 One warning about louvers in the hood of a Healey. The hot air
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00015.html (10,189 bytes)

10. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: Robert Duquette <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 18:18:38 +0000
Ah, the smell of warm motor oil. 'I love the smell of warm motor oil in the morning.'( plagiarized and amended from 'apocalypse now' ) Robert Duquette Ottawa ON Canada 1965 RHD BRG Austin-Healey Spri
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00019.html (8,861 bytes)

11. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: Robert Duquette <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 18:23:17 +0000
It's not a die? I had a guy show me a die that he said was for Healey Robert D the 5 metal. _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.h
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00020.html (9,056 bytes)

12. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: healeyguy@aol.com
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:57:44 -0400
Actually the cut (slit) in the metal is made by pressing the die into the panel. Its all one operation. Aloha Perry Rick, personally like the look of louvers and enjoy engine smell coming over the ol
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00026.html (11,023 bytes)

13. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Costanzo" <grumpyinloomis@ssctv.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:30:44 -0700
I have louvers on my 100 6 which has a 3000 engine. I don't notice any hot air coming over the windshield. I also don't notice the car running any cooler than my BJ8. My feet still get hot and the le
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00028.html (8,610 bytes)

14. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: "John Sims" <ahbn6@verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:37:47 -0400
Especially if your hood is one of the ones with the crease in it like mine. John Sims, BN6 Aberdeen, NJ http://www.healey6.com I have louvers on my 100 6 which has a 3000 engine. I don't notice any h
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00029.html (9,069 bytes)

15. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 19:40:38 +0000
The bonnets on the sixes were provided a scoop of questionable utility, mostly to clear the radiator and for aesthetic reasons. The problem With louvering the six cylinder bonnet, or so I've read, is
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00030.html (11,127 bytes)

16. [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 16:24:08 -0400
< the scoop and the louvers will tend to fight each other and air that stagnates against the windscreen will counterflow into the bonnet louvers > The MGA's body designers put oval air vents into the
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00033.html (8,536 bytes)

17. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: Jim LeBlanc <jim_leblanc@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 13:27:15 -0700 (PDT)
If I were doing this, and I have no intentions of doing so, I would look for a die. First I would find somebody who does this for hot rods. My metal guy does this work and would do the job cheaper th
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00034.html (9,953 bytes)

18. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: bighealey3k@aim.com
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:44:32 -0400
3. And it will make a neat cheese grater. Larry '67 BJ8 I have louvers on my 100 6 which has a 3000 engine. I don't notice any hot air coming over the windshield. I also don't notice the car running
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00035.html (9,089 bytes)

19. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: "Dr. C. Rubino" <ruvino@ripnet.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 17:07:58 -0400
Well Peter if that was the case with Healeys why did I get oil on my windscreen the other day. I have had louvers (custom) in my hood BN-4 Longbridge with center crease for 10 years. On two occasions
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00036.html (10,003 bytes)

20. Re: [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
Author: "Carr&Edwards" <scvc70@epix.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 17:32:11 -0400
According to my partner, an old-time (1950s) hot-rodder, there are two basic styles of hood louvers. When looked at from the open side, one style is flat across the top and the other style has a cont
/html/healeys/2010-10/msg00037.html (9,045 bytes)


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