Art & Inspiration 20s & 30s Cowls

I was inspired by the amazing custom metalwork of CustomJ. I started to think that if someone where to build a cowl they could incorperate whatever design they wanted. A T style without the vent. Something with a cowl vent. Some of my favorite threads on the HAMB are the "identify this cowl etc..." thread.

So I thought if there was a HAMB thread that had photos of various different style cowls. I know that I would use it for a reference purposes. Here are a couple that I found on the HAMB. Does anyone have more pictures that hey can post of cowls other than the normal Model As and Ts?

 

That first one is a mopar

 

first one is a body by fisher cowl... I don't know what it is but it's larger than the normal A cowl.

Second one is a 28-9 A fordor cowl, with side vent!! never seen another one with a vent like that?

 

That's what I'm talking about. Thanks. The two I posted I think are 31 Chrysler and a 31 Plymouth. Or thats what the names where when I saved them to my computer.

 

27 chevy.

 

1928 chevy stock, and with a 4 inch recessesed firewall.

 

Not a great pic, but this is a '27 Es*** cowl...

 

1929 Willys Whippet

 

1928 maxwell

1922 dodge coupe

 

That's an early 1928 Fordor cowl. If it is for sale please send me a PM. Bob

 

I have a book called "Automobiles and sheet metal boats" from 1912. it shows how patterns for cowls & other body parts were made. It also tells how they were built with simple tools. Some bodies took a year or more to build. Those old "coachwork" builders were true artists.

 

That sounds awesome.

 

....talk about awesome. I saw a mid-'teens Marmon during the restoration process and it had a cast aluminum cowl! Simply amazing!
Here's another, a '30 Chrysler with side vents and with the cowl reveal repeated in the visor.....

 

That is awesome.

 

Hmmm, my 30 chrysler is nothing like that. No side vent, and the body line ontop the cowl is narrower. Then again my chrysler is a CJ model only made for a few months.

 

....I think mine is known as a Town Sedan. I know what you mean about variations.....I went through Hell trying to ID mine. It seems all Chrysler products around that time played fast and loose with side vents, top vents, wide body line, narrow, repeated in the visor, not in visor. Prolly due to 'parts bin' styling.....

 

'41 Ford commercial


(sorry its a bit small)

 

30 Chrysler CJ-6

 

Early 1935 Dodge truck cowl with suicide doors; later in '35 they changed to conventional doors. Very close to the '33-34 Plymouth car cowls.