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Steve Broad - 8/9/2018 7:05:38 AM

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k.alan.bates - 8/9/2018 12:18:05 AM

...I'm figuring I'll take it a bit slow for now. I'm going to make a mock of the louvers out of 22 gauge steel because I know I can get the design banged out into a metal part. But that's mostly so that I can get a part physically represented so that I can work out the curves and the kinks quickly and cheaply to use as a template for reference.   If anyone is familiar with the vintage Mustang, I'm going to craft louvers for my 67 that blend the styles of the '67 275 GTB/4 and the '66 Mustang. The '67 Mustang's louvers stand off from the body line and there are 10 tiny louvers. I like them fine, but they just look 'meh' compared to the 65 and 66 panels.  The '66 louvers are set into the body line so that their crowns are flush with the curvature of the sail panel with 5 louvers, and the GTB/4 has 3 short louvers. Some fabrication problems come into play projecting the '66 louvers onto the '67's body line because the '66 panel is much flatter. The '67's sail panel twists in, rolls in, yaws up and pinches down in a way that makes the space for the panel to fit appear to be pretty darn challenging.  I've eyeballed some cardboard mocks and fitting that shape is not going to be fun, but I think it will totally be worth it.

Are you talking about this panel (but modified)?