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Old 03-15-2008, 05:44 AM   #1
Gorn
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To Louver or not to Louver that is .......

My 68 shorty is almost all original. The tail gate is pretty banged up. The letter where all bashed in. No way did I have the skill to straighten it. Since it was the easiest panel to remove I started there. I figured no real risk since I would most likly buy a repro anyway. So I cut out the letters and welded in plate with my HF flux core weld. Wow did I warp everything. It required about .15 of fiberglass and several hours with a body file to level it. I have since got a nice Lincoln Mig and some training.

Well I recently got the news I am going to be a daddy again. I am going to have one in collage and one in diapers. Needless to say my budget just went from what I want to spend to just a little above zero.

The way I see it I have 3 options, One finsh up a couple of low spots and move one to other things. Second Cut out all the glass and weld in new metal Third, I pick this out of the scrap today(see pic 3) Its 16 gage I was thinking louvers. I am going to drop the truck and some kind of rims and most likly change the color to red and a cowl hood. Are louvers hacky now? Seems like doing two rows across the letter area would be easy?

I know no one can tell me what I like but I am really on the fence, hopfully a discussion will help me decide.

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