wiper cowl vent delete

On MANY of the old cars, rust develops down in the "valley" under the vent openings.........This leads to leaking onto the rugs in our old classics, and speeds the ruining of the rugs, mats, and gives a musty smell after a while (and will rot the floorboards).

Apart from taking it all apart and welding to perfection, I've found that covering the vents with a simple magnetic vinyl cover is really effective in solving the leaking problem.

I don't know if you have this problem, but I can say that it doesn't look too wacked out at all when my cover is in place. (you can cover it with colored vinyl, OR have it painted to match the car). I have to park the car in various places for days at a time, and the cover is a real help. If you eliminated your vents, smoothing it over, you'd have to draw air from somewhere..........BUT, with the fenders off, you should be able to draw in sufficient volume by cutting an appx. 2" square hole (or round) on each SIDE of the vent cavity housing.............and with a properly designed thin-wall louver, you could keep excess water out as well during driving and parking situations.

It would definitely change the look, perhaps change the value (I wouldn't say in a positive way either), UNLESS of course this is a full blown custom........then I would say 'MoPar to ya', and have a blast.

Doc