Don'tcha' wish they'd just STOP 'Improving' things?

[Jstpssng]

If you really want to talk old, my father's Willy's was one of the last with a crank to open a scoop in front of the windshield... I'm sure that somebody will give the proper terminology.

 

[JethroB]

If you really want to talk old, my father's Willy's was one of the last with a crank to open a scoop in front of the windshield... I'm sure that somebody will give the proper terminology.

For ventilation? Was it a pickup?

 

[Jstpssng]

For ventilation? Was it a pickup?

Yes. That 1962 pickup had it, and so did his '49 KB5 International.

 

[ovrszd]

Yep, back when there was nothing under the dash. Dad's '53 chevy definitely had it and was used often.

 

[Jstpssng]

My father always regretted selling that old Willys… I've always regretted not buying it back when it was for sale 2 years after he sold it.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

If you really want to talk old, my father's Willy's was one of the last with a crank to open a scoop in front of the windshield... I'm sure that somebody will give the proper terminology.

My 48 Chevy had one of those right in the middle of the hood, near the windshield. A cowl? maybe?

 

[ovrszd]

Cowl vent is the name.

 

[Jstpssng]

Cowl vent is the name.

I knew that somebody would come through with it! :thumbsup:

 

[2LaneCruzer]

If you really want to talk old, my father's Willy's was one of the last with a crank to open a scoop in front of the windshield... I'm sure that somebody will give the proper terminology.

The cowl vents I recall were opened by pushing a lever???? My Dad had an old Star automobile that had a windshield that cranked out at the bottom...it was the AC of the 1920's. He said he was tooling along one day on a farm road, and encountered a swarm of honey bees...and they filled up the interior of the little coupe. I guess it was hectic for a little while.

 

[Diggin It]

I remember the ones in the footwells that opened a path from the fenders behind the front tires. And the side tilt windows.