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cj92345
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 Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:58 pm Post subject: louvered hood/deck in vw commerical |
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willie nelson commercial front hood is louvered, other than filling the trunk up with rain water.....why?  |
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: louvered hood/deck in vw commerical |
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Because it looks KEWL.
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raygreenwood
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| Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: louvered hood/deck in vw commerical |
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| willie nelson commercial front hood is louvered, other than filling the trunk up with rain water.....why? |
And when the trunk fills up with water....it rusts......and on the West Coast.....rust is called "patina".....and thats KEWL too....... 
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andk5591
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| Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: louvered hood/deck in vw commerical |
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Louvers go waaaaay back in hot rodding days. Initially the purpose would be to facilitate cooling, such as a hood or hood sides one a front engine hot rod (i.e. 32 ford) Then the craze caught on an folks were louvering all kinds of panels. So in most cases its simply a cosmetic mod.
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ach60
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 7:58 pm Post subject: Re: louvered hood/deck in vw commerical |
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gt1953
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 7:23 am Post subject: Re: louvered hood/deck in vw commerical |
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That is because it has a 350 cu in engine in there.
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JonL
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:37 am Post subject: Re: louvered hood/deck in vw commerical |
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| not my thing on a (vw) hood, but I do like louvers from a hot rodding/look and cooling standpoint. There are plenty of cars that did it from the factory as well. |
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