Thread: 57 Chevy Cruizer

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Probably the most common thing on '57s was to fill the front holes with a bullet shaped cap welded in.

As far as scoops... if your injector stacks aren't going to be tall enought to come through the hood... which I don't think the smallblocks ever did... one great scoop would be the aluminum ribbed scoop from the big Ford trucks. It had a little grill on the front, and was used on the Pontiac factory F/X cars from the early sixities. They often showed up on many other racers. Cal Custom made a similar scoop, but without the grill of course. (I'll see if I can find pictures.)

Fiberglass scoops that I recall were generally a half round shape, a little taller and wider in the front. Sometimes they were molded in... but more often just flanged and bolted on.

The early tunnel ram style scoops, with the concave sides would be neat...but didn't come until later in the sixties. I don't think I saw many on 55-57s, since they did not need that much height.

Another approach might be to use a wide early blower scoop... like on the Hawaiian... bolted to the top of your injectors... but only if they were tall enough to put it through the hood.

Of course you could create your own design... but might lose that nostalgic look.

I'll give that color choice some thought, and offer up some ideas. (I love the "design" phase of a project!) :-)~