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Healey Nut said:
So I took a slightly different approach seeing as I didn’t have a piece of plate to make a form for the ovals .
I did have access to schedule 80 pipe fittings . Schedule 80 is very heavy duty usually used in high pressure steam or hydraulic applications .
The pipe caps were exactly 2 1/2” OD so I drilled a hole in each one and mounted them to a scrap piece of hardwood floor that I could then secure in the vice .
Then it was get busy with the gas axe and some careful forming and bending and blacksmithing to create the finished product .
If I was going into mass production I would do the same again but weld or bolt the fittings to a piece of 5/8” plate to make a permanent form .
The height of the fittings gives you something to clamp to and not Have the rod slip off the form .

for some reason the site won’t let me add multiple pics ? Will try to add more later .
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That looks great... good solution to forming them!

Steve
 
not to hijack the thread but i have a set of aluminum rally vents from ah spares i for sale. these do not have the perimeter edging. pm if interested.
 
So my project continues .
My body guy is doing some layout for the position of the openings in the front shroud for the oil cooler intakes that I fabricated the surround rings for .
What Im looking for is some measurements of the position of the openings . Space between the openings and distance from the bottom edge of the front shroud.
Anybody have a thumbnail sketch?
Tks .
 
Healey Nut said:
So my project continues .
My body guy is doing some layout for the position of the openings in the front shroud for the oil cooler intakes that I fabricated the surround rings for .
What Im looking for is some measurements of the position of the openings . Space between the openings and distance from the bottom edge of the front shroud.
Anybody have a thumbnail sketch?
Tks .
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When I got my templates from Steve Norton he told me there was 1" between the two ducts. I didn't have a specific spacing from the bottom... I just put them in what looked to me to be a visually appealing high while looking at pictures of originals... FWIW.

Steve
 
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