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Are these splash shield supposed to be flat? Mine are bent in all kinds of ways. I have some 1/8” 7075 aluminum that I was going to cut some new ones but I wanted to make sure if they were supposed to be flat. I will flatten the originals out if that is the case and use them as a template.
quote " ... Are these splash shield supposed to be flat? Mine are bent in all kinds of ways. I have some 1/8” 7075 aluminum that I was going to cut some new ones but I wanted to make sure if they were supposed to be flat. I will flatten the originals out if that is the case and use them as a template..." end quote
Elwood
Yes they are completely flat. You may find 1/8" thk 7075 difficult to fabricate & an expensive material selection for this application; especially if your stock is T6 (xxx) temper. Pic's attached are similar project using 14 gage (~.063") 6061 T6. Very easy to handle, punch, cut & the like. I elected to have a couple rows of olde'-school louvers on mine to (perhaps) let heat & other evil-spirits escape.
quote " ... Are these splash shield supposed to be flat? Mine are bent in all kinds of ways. I have some 1/8” 7075 aluminum that I was going to cut some new ones but I wanted to make sure if they were supposed to be flat. I will flatten the originals out if that is the case and use them as a template..." end quote
Elwood
Yes they are completely flat. You may find 1/8" thk 7075 difficult to fabricate & an expensive material selection for this application; especially if your stock is T6 (xxx) temper. Pic's attached are similar project using 14 gage (~.063") 6061 T6. Very easy to handle, punch, cut & the like. I elected to have a couple rows of olde'-school louvers on mine to (perhaps) let heat & other evil-spirits escape.
Vark, that is exactly what I wanted to do as I had seen yours and Black Magic’s. After looking at it, I kinda figured my aluminum might be too thick. I have a 4’x6’ piece that was given to me years ago. Thought I might put it to use. I did cut a piece to to mount my amp and crossovers on for the rear bulkhead. That will be covered in carpet. Sending you a pm with some questions.
Thanks Vark.
So I guess they just used the same plates in 67 or mine is not original. My car was built in December 66. I have enough scrap to make one without the cutout as I like the look of the solid piece better.
all 67 had those 63-66 shield U cut outs. guess GM did not want to retool the dies for one model year run of a low production car. and I believe they are there to help keep the engine bay clean and keep out road debris and maybe help with air flow under the car so not to create pressure at the cowl?
Thanks Keith. I kinda figured they would use what they had.
A thanks to Vark for answering some more questions I had on these.
I had enough aluminum left over to make one without the cutout and went by the fabrication shop I found about 40 minutes away. I thought I was just going to drop them off but he went to work on them right away. I plan on powder coating them when I take some other things though they might look cool with a brushed aluminum look. Went ahead and had him do the one with the cutout. Guess I have a spare on that side. Lol.
I asked him how long he had been fabricating and he said he started in 1963 in the family business. He makes parts for and builds/restores old dragsters like the one in the pic below. I don’t know the official name of these so I added a pic. Turns out on this car he made the driveline disconnect. He also had a hood he was putting a bunch of louvers in as well.
Dennis
Splash Shields
