Is this heresy?

[Johnno1969]

Evening all,

I wish to pose a quick question. I have recently acquired a tropical roof panel, which I will most likely be using as the crowning glory on my rather lengthy IIA rebuild. It's from a long wheelbase vehicle (mine's an 88"), so I will be doing a bit of a cut-and-shut if I fit it. It's not a train smash if it's not "original", but I want to keep the factory feel of the vehicle (it used to have all sorts of rough home-made rubbish inflicted upon it). The original vents which usually fit into the main roof panel are ridiculously expensive and not an option. So, I am either going to use the panel without any under-panel vents and still at least get the advantage of shading the roof skin..... or I may use some different vents. I will paste below some pictures of some of my options at present. Here's what I am thinking of having above the driver's and passenger's seats to draw air down into the cabin:

http://uesint.com/shop/images/10018//3154.jpg

I reckon the 8.5"x6.5" one might be the go.



Now, as to exhaust ducting (which I want to fit as far to the rear of the main roof as possible), I was thinking of maybe using two of these:

http://uesint.com/shop/images/44101/33179%20885-200.jpg?700,1000,0,,,-1,2905964259

Obviously, all items would be pretty much hidden under the tropical roof.

The big question is: Is this heresy? Is this butchery of the "original" feel? It does make me feel uncomfortable to think of cutting holes in the roof panel....

Or, should I think of it as "bespoke" and therefore dead-cool and nifty?

Cheers,

John

[slug_burner]

Unless you are going to count rivets I don't think it is heresy.

The beauty of these meccano sets is that you can do pretty much anything and they still look ok.

[Mick_Marsh]

I wouldn't use the louvre ones on the roof. There is the possibility you may get water dribbling in on really wet days. That would be most days in Queensland.

[goingbush]

dont put the louvered vents on, they will suck dust in, guaranteed.

Use the scupper vents to pressurise the car & keep the dust out, there is plenty of places in a Landy for the air to flow thru. if you de-pressirise with rear vents it WILL fill up with dust.

[Johnno1969]

I wouldn't use the louvre ones on the roof. There is the possibility you may get water dribbling in on really wet days. That would be most days in Queensland.

I had thought about that and, if I did fit them, would raise them in a cunning manner. But I probably won't fit 'em anyway....

[Johnno1969]

dont put the louvered vents on, they will suck dust in, guaranteed.

Use the scupper vents to pressurise the car & keep the dust out, there is plenty of places in a Landy for the air to flow thru. if you de-pressirise with rear vents it WILL fill up with dust.

Good point. You've convinced me. Thanks.

[Johnno1969]

Of course another option would be to forget the tropical roof and just cut some roof hatches safari-style and open them when I want to cool things down.

Decisions, decisions....

[debruiser]

OR you could just unbolt the roof completely :D :wasntme:

[Johnno1969]

Yep, I am definitely going to consider doing that occasionally.

[Brad110]

I have seen scupper vents in the front doors that would be effective at removing the heat from the eng. around the driver and passenger.
There were similar on the FJ40 and worked well.
You need to increase the pressure in order to control or stop the dust getting in.

[zulu Delta 534]

Possibly the best by far means of ventilating a S2 or 2a I have seen was done by a mate of mine down south. He simply routed some flexible hose from the front of the vehicle picking up from the bottom of the "T" shaped grille (I think he relocated the horn) and running along the mudguard inner and fed in through a hole he had cut through the top of the footwell where he could control the flow by a simple hand operated open/close flap. Feeding from the radiator mount would probably be just as good as the air is trapped and forced through the radiator opening. This system can be applied to both sides obviously.
The beauty of this system was that the cooler air was able to be directed close to the transmission tunnel which is usually found to be a major hot spot, and the one spot that is bypassed by the door type vents.
Regards
Glen