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Has anyone here installed the aftermarket fender vents in there Healey's? Im' wondering how big a job it is to cut and place them in the fender sheet metal, and if the average shade tree mechanic (me) could do it!
 
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Has anyone here installed the aftermarket fender vents in there Healey's? Im' wondering how big a job it is to cut and place them in the fender sheet metal, and if the average shade tree mechanic (me) could do it!

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Some of them have to be welded in (the most authentic looking ones that are now on the market). But before you could get those, there were Layne's Louvres.

I put these in on Mardi-Gras day 1985. They bolt in; a portion of the triangle area is left uncut and folded to form the flange for the bolts.

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Layne Perkins doesn't talk me anymore, but he lives in Hoover, Alabama if you want to try and track him down. Last I knew, he still had a few sets left.
 
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Has anyone here installed the aftermarket fender vents in there Healey's? Im' wondering how big a job it is to cut and place them in the fender sheet metal, and if the average shade tree mechanic (me) could do it!

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I have a set on mine that you can see at Healey Photos. These are made by Kilmartin Sheetmetal of Australia, available from British Car Specialists in Stockton, CA. They have a flange around the perimeter.

Here's how they are attached:

FIRST and VERY important - you have to locate them properly so they clear the inner fenders and the footwells. When you are sure they will clear these, then cut the fender.

The fender hole on mine is such that their flange is on the inside (some people put the flange on the outside). I spot welded the flange to the rear of the fender and them used a small amount of filler to round off the edge. They could also be brazed or spot welded and brazed.

The vents are deep enough that I had to cut slots in them for the small diagonal braces from the footwells to the inner fender. This just takes some time, isn't difficult, but is annoying.
 
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