{"id":949,"date":"2012-10-03T08:37:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T16:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/?p=949"},"modified":"2012-10-22T09:40:29","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T17:40:29","slug":"34-ford-coupe-details-part-vii-fender-scoops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/?p=949","title":{"rendered":"\u201934 Ford Coupe: Details Part VII \u2013 Fender Scoops"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve been following the progress on Bill Evans coupe, you\u2019ll remember that he sent us drawings of scoops he wanted added to the rear fenders. The customizing work done to the car before it came to us had resulted in a lot of mass in the rear quarters. The new scoops would either add more weight to the old girl’s hips or, if done right, could slim ’em down visually with the addition a new vertical design element. Here’s a “before” picture:
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Bill wanted a WWII “Warbird” look for these scoops and, in our last post<\/a>,<\/em> we experimented with size and shape. Gary built a mock-up in aluminum for Bill\u2019s review, then dove into the fender.
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Gary fabbed a bucket with a lip that would become the base for a polished and finned stainless insert.
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Each insert has sixteen fins, their spacing and angle designed to replicate the grille at the front of the car. Each fin was individually shaped and welded into the stainless lip, then meticulously ground clean and polished.
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Gary also reshaped the leading edge of the fender to incorporate the new scoop into the flow of the coupe\u2019s visual elements, including the beltline and re-styled door opening.
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When done, it complimented the grille and visually removed some of the heft this ol\u2019 gal once had in her bustle.
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If you\u2019ve been following the progress on Bill Evans coupe, you\u2019ll remember that he sent us drawings of scoops he wanted added to the rear fenders. The customizing work done to the car before it came to us had resulted in a lot of mass in the rear quarters. The new scoops would either add […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current_projects"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1I3Pf-fj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}