{"id":1801,"date":"2023-04-10T00:19:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T00:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/?page_id=1801"},"modified":"2023-05-07T08:07:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T08:07:11","slug":"model-13-hood-louvers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/model-13-hood-louvers\/","title":{"rendered":"Type 13- Hood Louvers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1801\" class=\"elementor elementor-1801\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35ff122 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35ff122\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f5c545\" data-id=\"7f5c545\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e6ef86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e6ef86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Type 13 - Hood Louvers<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ac1b2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ac1b2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The Type 13 incorporates louvers on each side of the hood.\u00a0 My initial plan was to build my own die from shaped steel then punch them out myself.\u00a0 While not technically challenging, getting the right steel, shaping each by hand, and perfecting the stamping process was going to be a very time consuming process.<\/p><p>Incorporating preformed heating vent style metal pieces from our local hardware store was not going to fit what I was looking for so I started searching the internet.\u00a0 You can purchase pre-built punches, but they were way too expense of my account book.\u00a0 After much searching, I discovered a set of steel 4&#8243; louver panels that went for less than $20, what a deal!\u00a0 I ordered them immediately and they arrived shortly thereafter.\u00a0 They were good quality and just the right size!\u00a0 So I was most pleased with this affordable and time-saving approach.<\/p><p>Rather than just putting it on top of the skin, I wanted it to be flush, so I cut out a hole matching the trimmed panels and used 0.040 inch aluminum strips across the back to rivet the panels in.\u00a0 I also used hard rivets that I countersunk so it maintained the appearance of being punched into the skin rather than grafted in.\u00a0 I will use a little bondo to fill in the gaps since this will all be painted. <\/p><p>The final result turned out wonderfully.\u00a0 Life is good when things go better than planned. if only the rest of the project would take its cue from these panels, my life would be so much easier!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type 13 &#8211; Hood Louvers The Type 13 incorporates louvers on each side of the hood.\u00a0 My initial plan was to build my own die from shaped steel then punch them out myself.\u00a0 While not technically challenging, getting the right steel, shaping each by hand, and perfecting the stamping process was going to be a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/model-13-hood-louvers\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Type 13- Hood Louvers<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1801","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1801"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1988,"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1801\/revisions\/1988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}