Some Nice Paint Formulas for Restorers For you weekend restoration fanatics, here are some paint info, paint numbers and formulas I've gathered over the years. This stuff comes in really handy when you're doing detail work and when you want things to look correct, original, and fresh: 1. Order 3 things from Eastwood: a. 1 can of "AlumaBlast." This stuff is amazing. It looks EXACTLY like cast aluminum. Even when you've bead-blasted your intake manifold

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What can be more startling than to pull the hood release cable on your mid year corvette and nothing happens? Never fear, there is one cable running from the release lever (under the dash) to the release mechanism under the hood. There are hood latches on both sides of the hood so assuming the the cross-connecting release cable is still intact (if this cross-connect cable is broken, only one side will release) the car can

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Replacing the stock exhaust manifold with a stock manifold from a 1968 small block motor will give you the necessary mounting points. The 68 manifold is drilled and tapped on the end and will accept the late model single wire alternators such as I used on my 59 C1. You will also be able to use the stock adjusting bracket if you mount yours on the left side of the car as I did. I

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