I am basically a purist when it comes to restoration, but when safety or to a degree comfort is involved, I am not above making slight modifications to that goal. I put our '41 on 15 X 7.00 RADIAL white walls and have a set of seat belts to install too. I feel the cowl vent is really inadequate on hot days and adding modern A/C would take the restoration too far from original. So what I did was add vents to both sides to push additional air into the front seat compartment (at least when we're moving). I cut 4 1/2" holes into the air shroud behind the horizontal grills in front, and also into the backside of the inner fenders and side panels behind the kick panels on both sides. Then I ran five feet of 4" plastic corrugated field drain tile (not perforated) high through the wheel wells on both sides, to carry the air by connecting the holes. On the inner panels, I added regular home dampers (6 inch I think) and then vent grills (from a '52 Packard) to cover the dampers and direct the air. They actually look pretty original inside if you didn't know they weren't supposed to be there. AND, they work great!
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