shaved cowl vents

vernlee · Apr 21, 2010

I'm going to shave or fill the cowl vents on my 66 coupe,what is the down side to this mod ? I know on the drivers side it is an air vent,passengers side I'm not sure, I will be running AC and heater,any thoughts ?

Vern

tx65coupe · Apr 22, 2010

I have seen it done, so I know its been done, but I would not do it. The fresh air vents and heater wont work very well.

iskwezm · Apr 22, 2010

I did it and the heater works fine.I get fresh air from the windows so that was not a issue

zm830101 · Apr 22, 2010

iskwezm said:
I did it and the heater works fine.I get fresh air from the windows so that was not a issue

got any pics of the finished product?

iskwezm · Apr 22, 2010

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uhoh5.0 · Apr 23, 2010

Wow, very interesting. Those things have been problematic on fords for 40 years!

Z06killinSBF · Apr 23, 2010

I want to do it, Vintage Air kit uses recirculated air anyways. Looks much better and then you won't have that unsightly nastyness (at least I do) under the grates..

shoguun · Apr 23, 2010

just apply mass amounts of bondo. It will look really good

rusty428cj · Apr 23, 2010

I have done it on three cars. I like the look without the cowl vents. Classic AC has a cover that blocks off the fresh air from the cowl.

shoguun · Apr 23, 2010

do you cut out the entire thing or just the vents

rusty428cj · Apr 24, 2010

shoguun said:
do you cut out the entire thing or just the vents

Just cut out metal patches and weld or use panel bond on top of the vents. You don't cut anything out.

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