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Burning Brakes
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My brother-in-law is selling an old Monte Carlo to pay for my nephew's first car. It's loaded down with extra parts, so I went savaging. I was looking for a couple of old distributors that I knew were in there. You can never have enough spare parts. But check out what I found hiding in the trunk:
A little polish, little paint and they should be good to go again. And I couldn't beat the price! Now I've just got to decide how to finish them. Currently I've got a set of C4 valve covers that I refinished in red. Now do I paint these the same color red and polish the fins and logo, paint them back black, or polish them all the way out. Decisions decisions.
A little polish, little paint and they should be good to go again. And I couldn't beat the price! Now I've just got to decide how to finish them. Currently I've got a set of C4 valve covers that I refinished in red. Now do I paint these the same color red and polish the fins and logo, paint them back black, or polish them all the way out. Decisions decisions.
Last edited by Xakk; Apr 15, 2007 at 11:21 PM.
Burning Brakes
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From: Pearl MS
how hard is it to polish between the fins thinking of doing that on my L-82 covers on my '79.
otherwise I would go back black & sand the top portion back to bare metal - maybe even polish that (just the top of the raised portion) - hmmmm - I think I may have come up with something for my covers
otherwise I would go back black & sand the top portion back to bare metal - maybe even polish that (just the top of the raised portion) - hmmmm - I think I may have come up with something for my covers
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Syracuse NY
I'll try to find out whether they are painted or powder coated, these belong to a guy on a Camaro site.
I let my M/T cover go with an old motor I sold a while back
Xakk,
If I may suggest, play around with some paints, get them looking the way you like then you can think about powder coating them.
I let my M/T cover go with an old motor I sold a while back
Xakk,
If I may suggest, play around with some paints, get them looking the way you like then you can think about powder coating them.
