[Wayne Maybury]

I noticed last summer that the foot boxes got uncomfortably hot if the temperature was over 75 or 80. I decided to pull the engine out of the car so as to be able to cover the footboxes with aluminium. This will serve two purposes, 1. they should look really good and 2. I am hoping the aluminium will cut down the heat transfered into the foot boxes. I have foil covered 1/4" foam insulation on the foot boxes now so the aluminium will be applied over the foam insulation.

After looking at some photos of several different Cobras, I realized that it would be relatively easy for me to run fresh air vents to the foot boxes. Now my problem. What type of trap / shutoff / whatever it's called is available to connect the tubing to the foot box and to shut off the air flow when it is not required. I figure that I will probably use 3" flexible duct hose so I will require 3" traps. I have thought about trying to make them myself but there must be something available. It will be a lot easier to do this job while the engine is out of the car.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Wayne