<VV> Re: LM kick panel

[rbuckridge at comcast.net]

JR,

The hump in the kick panel is so it can cover the added interior bracing used in the convertible. I'm working off memory here, as years ago I seem to remember I needed to complete the welding on the interior bracing on Jim Dodd's late turbo convertible when we restored it. The folks at GM never finished the job.

So in that light, convertible kick panels work in coupes / sedans as the hump covers a blank space. I guess you could add some bracing if you wanted.

Roy - Bayshore.

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net> 

> OK... As I recall, the original question had to do with a 500 model. If I 
> were GM, I'd not be putting the Convert version in a 500 just because of the 
> additional costs involved. 
> 
> We all know that the "stack" as it has been referred to here (and which I 
> take to mean the air intake portion which contains the door for open/close) 
> is a separate piece (part) on the LM verts and that this is "integral" (read 
> that - all one piece) with the outer (the part that shows) piece on all 
> other models (2 dr or 4 dr), right? 
> 
> Are you telling me that a convert version can not be used in a 2/4 dr? I'm 
> afraid to ask... what HUMP are you talking about? What prevents use of the 
> vert kick panel on a 2/4 dr? 
> 
> Later, JR 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Corbin" 
> To: ; 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:19 PM 
> Subject: RE: Re: LM kick panel - VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 33, Issue 37 
> 
> 
> > Oooookay. So where did they get the kick panels? The coupe/4door kick 
> > panel 
> > doesn't have the hump in it like the convert does, but DOES have the 
> > integral vent stack. They'd have to have either modified the coupe/4door 
> > kick panel OR used the convert kick panel, which wouldn't fit right. 
> > 
> > The tech tip describes how to MODIFY the coupe/4door kick panel for use, 
> > something the factory would probably NEVER do. 
> > 
> > In other words, I'd have to see it to believe it. 
> > 
> > -Mark 
> > 
> > 
> >> [Original Message] 
> >> Subject: Re: LM kick panel 
> >> 
> >> I have also found the "two / three piece style" in unmolested late model 
> > coupes. 
> >> 
> >> I'll bet these "convertible only" style vents are just like the big block 
> > hoods on small block mid 60's Corvettes. GM had them and used them to keep 
> > the production line moving. 
> >> 
> >> Roy - Bayshore 
> >> 
> > 
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