Jesse J Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I don't know how many of you watch matts offroad recovery but he has a yellow xj down in hurricane ( in utahn thats pronounced hurkan ) and in a walkaround vide he mentioned he had corvair louvres on his xj he didn't say from what year. I would like to find a pair because I think they look baddass. can anyone help me out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87MJTIM Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 The Corvair had a rear engine. Why would the hood have louvres? Kind of like the Willie Nelson commercial of him driving an old VW with louvres on the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse J Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 yes he has them as hood louvres but they are off a corvair just I don't knw what type or where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 what's the metal cover over a rear engined car called? I guess we could call it a deck lid. certainly sounds weird to say "trunk". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87MJTIM Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Not "hood"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse J Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 that's the other weird part I search corvair louvers and window louvers come up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 found this tidbit: "The louvres were factory for 60-64 vairs" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse J Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 thanks. looked up 60-64 and this picture came up. theres not very many pictures of them (dunno how I am gonna find them either) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I didn't see a way to acquire them aside from a junkyard part. but you might need to seek out a Corvair group to know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse J Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 probably I have no clue how to even find a junkyard corvair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse J Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 also speaking of corvair have you seen the reco corvair they are building? massive tires 4 link all the way around LS swap front engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, Jesse J said: probably I have no clue how to even find a junkyard corvair same way I find everything else. car-part.com and yeah, his new ride is going to be sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse J Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 never used that site before will check it out. Yeah it was suppsed to be done a week ago but it is going in for paint soon I am stoked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 it's a junkyard search engine. not every junkyard uses it, but a lot do. keep in mind that it organizes things by part number and those can change over time even though the part is still swap-able (Jeep axles for example). sometimes ya gotta search for various years of Cherokee. oh, and I've had luck looking for larger parts, and then calling the yard to ask about smaller ones they may not bother to list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse J Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 oh very smart I will play around with that tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankTheDog Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Ask around if there any old school auto wrecking yards near you. Try asking at garages that work on older vehicles and at older auto part stores, ones that have been around for a long time. They’ll know where to find them. Also don’t tell them that you are specifically looking for a hood just to cut out the louvers. Just ask about 60-64 Corvair in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 You can just buy new sheet metal Louvers in that same style. Don’t go hack up another rare old vehicle when you can buy new pressing louvers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 20 minutes ago, Sir Sam said: Don’t go hack up another rare old vehicle when you can buy new pressing louvers Why not? Rare doesn't mean valuable, so if he could get them out of a Corvair cheaper than he could buy them, I say go for it. Corvairs aren't really worth much and, if the car is already in the scrapyard, its better someone uses the parts than they get crushed. Using your logic, nobody should 97+ swap their MJ because MJs are rare and 97+ XJs are getting rarer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse J Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 48 minutes ago, 89 MJ said: Why not? Rare doesn't mean valuable, so if he could get them out of a Corvair cheaper than he could buy them, I say go for it. Corvairs aren't really worth much and, if the car is already in the scrapyard, its better someone uses the parts than they get crushed. Using your logic, nobody should 97+ swap their MJ because MJs are rare and 97+ XJs are getting rarer. plus I really like the look of the corvair ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse J Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 I don't want to cut up a mint condition one. one that is too far gone but the louvres are in ok shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeatCJ Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 For louvers like that, you can have them punched into your hood, pretty simple sheet metal work with an iron worker with a deep enough throat. Run you about $1.00 a punch. You would have to remove any structure behind them, then replace it after they were punched. That would probably be the hardest part of the whole project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse J Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 I guess. it would be easier to put vair louvers on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzimm Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 1/6/2021 at 9:43 AM, Jesse J said: I don't know how many of you watch matts offroad recovery but he has a yellow xj down in hurricane ( in utahn thats pronounced hurkan ) and in a walkaround vide he mentioned he had corvair louvres on his xj he didn't say from what year. I would like to find a pair because I think they look baddass. can anyone help me out? Yes Matt has some interesting content. They are kind of Corvair aficionados. They have tons of Corvair parts and full Corvairs in their yard. Some videos show this better than others. They are currently building a Corvair to be a replacement for the yellow XJ. Sifting through the Corvair build videos may lead to some answers on your question. I feel like I've even heard him mention the hood louvers in one of the XJ modification videos. IIRC it was one where they were putting a bigger trackbar in or something with the front end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse J Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 17 minutes ago, Dzimm said: Yes Matt has some interesting content. They are kind of Corvair aficionados. They have tons of Corvair parts and full Corvairs in their yard. Some videos show this better than others. They are currently building a Corvair to be a replacement for the yellow XJ. Sifting through the Corvair build videos may lead to some answers on your question. I feel like I've even heard him mention the hood louvers in one of the XJ modification videos. IIRC it was one where they were putting a bigger trackbar in or something with the front end. they arent building the reco corvair as a replacement but as a "1 ton" vehicle if you think of the xj has a half ton. sometimes they just need more oomf on some recoverys. I am not a corvair expert but the one with the louvers is the single cab? kinda with a truck but this one has cargo space in the back and can fit four people. I dmed them on ig but thats a long shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I do like Corvairs. They are a good looking car. Thanks for reading my Ted Talk, that was pretty much pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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