It's hard to guess when the first louvers were made on a hot rod, but it might have been done by the boys who were among the first to race at El Mirage, Muroc, and later at Bonneville. Back then, ...

"It ain't a hot rod until it's got a bunch of louvers in it," or so says Editor Brian Brennan. He should know; Hot Rods by Dean recently built him a sharp A-bone on Deuce 'rails, and even though many ...