Re: Under hood blanket

Posted by BH On 2009/4/29 8:37:36

I thought the black, vinyl-skinned ones were '56-only.

I've personally never seen an unrestored '55 with original hood blanket in place. I suspect a lot of those hood blankets were yanked when they started to come apart. My dad recalls pulling wads of that stuff out of air cleaners.

Many years ago, I had a '55 Pat that was missing the hood blanket, and I purchased a repro from PI. It came in a roll (bagged), but was coated on both sides - one side was plain, for '55, and the other had some sort of pattern, for '51-'54. I sold the car before I ever installed the blanket.

Yet, I've seen the skinned repro pads installed in restored cars all the way back to '51.