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Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: In a van down by the river! Florida
not to hijack but could you fill me in on your method? I don't have the money for some pimptastic molded louvers like those.
Pro
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From: O'Fallon MO
Corvette Kid you an innovative kind of guy, what did you do?
Getting back to this thread, I had a set of louvers on a 25th Annv Camaro Z-28, similar to the painted set in the pictures on the Gran Sport. They were great until the "Great Hail Storm". Just barely kept my car from being totaled, it looked like a show car when it was redone but we couldn't find a source for the louvers any more. They were trashed. That was in 2003.
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Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Yokota AB, Japan
This is the first time I've seen louvers on a Vette...I remember the ones on the late 70/80 model thru 92 model F-bodies but never the Vettes...I liked them as a younger kid, (late teen thru 20s) undecided really now...guess on a nostolgia themed car maybe? I also like the last pic 
Racer
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From: Zolton NJ
The louvers in the hood were added over the years to assist with the custom cold air induction system for the supercharger.
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However I do remember the TA like (the Camaro I used to have in the same 80s era) had a chrome or black metal channel around the entire rear window where the bottom mounting and top mounting points for the louvers were installed. For my camaro there were two top mounting brackets that slipped under the top of the chrome channel that the hinges mounted too. They fit uder the lip of the channel and were secured with that white soft adhesive tape. The bottom two points also fit under the channel where where the lock mount also secure with that white sticky tape. In the cheaper model louvers there were no locks just the turn screw.
Goldcylon was a owner of two sets of louvers in the 80s.
The 2 side pieces slid up under the trim piece and into the rubber gasket that holds the window in.
The center piece was hinged at the top, and screwed onto a thin metal strip that also slid underneath the trim molding into the rubber holding the window in. It locked (by key) into the left and right side pieces at the bottom edges. When unlocked, it hinged up, and had a prop rod, similar to most cars nowadays, to hold it up so that the window could be cleaned.
As Touringmike recalls from many years ago, the visibility wasn't too badly reduced, and the hinged center section allowed for easy cleaning, but mostly easy drying of the window whenever he washed the car.
This will be the last post that Touringmike refers to himself in the third person.
Originally Posted by JrsTurn
Originally Posted by Goldcylon
Goldcylon was a owner of two sets of louvers in the 80s.
Third person?
Goldcylon was a owner of two sets of louvers in the 80s.
Third person?
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Burning Brakes
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I think the louvers are cool beans! I never thought about them till someone said they couldn't find them. It was a quick and easy search. What was cool back then is still cool. I already have the body package and when the paint (which you purists are gonna hate...pictures coming) is done...maybe this week depending on weather, louvers are next.
