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I may (or may not) have the opportunity this week to get my plenum cover or fuel rail cover signed by some very important corvette people.
I have custom painted covers from Pete. So in anticipation of the opportunity... Question - what kind of pen would work best?? Just a regular permanent ink sharpie or should I be looking for something else? Paint pen? Heat resistant?
Also - if you have autographed covers - please post them here and lets hear the story!
I guess it depends on if you intend to keep using them or pull them and hang them up in the house and buy new ones. I would think a silver sharpie would work but after wiping the covers down a few times may start to wipe off. Not an issue if you don't intend to keep them on the car. A paint pen would probably work, but you'd want to test it on something similar to know it will work the way you intend.
I took delivery of my C6 convertible at the Corvette museum (everybody should do it!!) in December 2005, and I invited my buddy and his 12 year-old son to come along for the experience. I bought two Lemans-Blue fuel rail covers and two silver Sharpies, and during the personalized factory tour (just the three of us and a tour guide for 2 hours!) my bud's son and I each offered a cover and a Sharpie to every line worker we saw. They were all awesome and happy to do it, and it gave me something not many folks have. I just bought a 2017 Grand Sport (thanks Kerbeck), and am wavering about keeping the 2006, but leaning toward doing so because of the experience. I can tell the Sharpie sigs have faded a bit after a couple details, but the pic I've attached was from a couple months ago, so still looking pretty good.
If you are going to keep it on the car, it would be best to shoot some clear over it...but I just bought an extra cover...Can you guess who these guys are? Some are the same on the C5 and C7.
I just used a permanent sharpie.
BTW-Who do you consider "important Corvette people"?
Last edited by TEXHAWK0; Nov 26, 2017 at 05:24 PM.
Sharpie will work fine but if you wax / polish after the signatures will disappear. If you use clear coat you will be okay or if you use a paint pen it doesn't come off as easy. I had a couple of things signed by Mario Andretti and used the paint pen - great result.
If you are going to keep it on the car, it would be best to shoot some clear over it...but I just bought an extra cover...Can you guess who these guys are? Some are the same on the C5 and C7.
I just used a permanent sharpie.
BTW-Who do you consider "important Corvette people"?
I can recognize Charles Harland, Tadge Juechter and Kirk Bennion.
Autographed engines!?
