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[Lorin]

8 hours ago, Conserv said:

Semi-gloss, please! ?

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

I was thinking chrome. 

[BeMyWay]

1 hour ago, Lorin said:

I was thinking chrome. 

 You have to be able to look under your hood without sunglasses !   If it is chromed, then post a sign on the hood, "Look at your own Risk!"

 

I've seen some where i just can't get past the chrome "glare"...? ? ?

[danco_]

11 hours ago, Conserv said:

Semi-gloss, please! ?

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

this is probably my third full tii air cleaner refurb. It only gets the best aerosol semi gloss black paints. The finest. 
 

6 hours ago, PaulTWinterton said:

 

man oh man, you read my mind.  I was going to post that and cancelled instead.  Better you than me.  Ryan doesn't know me that well. Funny.

 

if there is a joke here, I’m either too young or I’ve lost too many brain cells huffing black paint.
 

 

3 hours ago, Lorin said:

I was thinking chrome. 

 

dipping it in carbon fiber. Gotta bring this baby into the 22nd century. 
 

 

1 hour ago, BeMyWay said:

 You have to be able to look under your hood without sunglasses !   If it is chromed, then post a sign on the hood, "Look at your own Risk!"

 

I've seen some where i just can't get past the chrome "glare"...? ? ?

I try to keep things tasteful on my cars. I don’t turn on the neon under glow lights unless I’m at least three zip codes away from home.

[zinz]

Wait... This isn’t going to be a Hello Kitty tribute car??

Why am I even following this thread, then...

[danco_]

2 hours ago, zinz said:

Wait... This isn’t going to be a Hello Kitty tribute car??

Why am I even following this thread, then...

Subscribe to my onlyfans account and I’ll send you all the kinky car builds you want, and you get a free hentai waifu for Your first time! 

[danco_]

Painted battery tray. You can also see how the tii battery is positioned so the air cleaner is free from obstruction. 
 

 

 

I’ll finish assembly on the air cleaner tomorrow. Let it dry for one more night. Maybe I’ll start on carpet tomorrow or Monday. 
 

[ray_]

I know brakes are next. And those grommets in the MC are crumbly....

 

That may be the tip of the iceberg...

[Toca]

Gone thru this Whole thread and could only read write-up.  Not one photo showed up.....that’s disappointing 

[Tommy]

50 minutes ago, Toca said:

Gone thru this Whole thread and could only read write-up.  Not one photo showed up.....that’s disappointing 

 

Thats's weird, I can see all of them.

[PaulTWinterton]

17 hours ago, danco_ said:

if there is a joke here, I’m either too young or I’ve lost too many brain cells huffing black paint.

 

No joke.  I just didn't want to be the guy spouting the purist rant. @Conserv did it instead.  Paint looks good! Great actually.

[Conserv]

2 hours ago, PaulTWinterton said:

 

... I just didn't want to be the guy spouting the purist rant... 

@Conserv = Ready at a moment’s notice with a purist rant.... ??

 

Now about those airbox strap clips....

 

???

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited April 5, 2020 by Conserv

[jgerock]

I used 50% gloss black powder coating on all of my 69 engine and suspension components.  Not 100% concours correct but WTH.  I love it.

 

[danco_]

@PaulTWinterton We're already friends. Well, by less than one degree of separation. Feel free to feel free in here. I don't discriminate (publicly). 

 

@Conserv I went through the air cleaner hardware thread you linked. Looks like the hardware was indeed painted black. But that is boring and I refuse to paint this latch hardware black. It's going to stay tarnished but mostly plated. I can't have these parts coming out too nice because the uglier parts seem more ugly than usual. 

 

I'm with you @jgerock, I am not going for concours here. I know that game and I'm not quite there in my life to build a 100 pt car. I need at least 3 more mental breakdowns and a divorce before I consider a concours restoration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good news: Air cleaner is done and installed. All is well again. 

 

 

The air cleaner is at least 300% better than what the car came with, and 100% better than it was pre-resto. 

 

 

 

 

 

And then I remembered a recent text from @zinz where he suggested I use tin foil wadded up into a ball, and water, and this will take off rust from the lower side of the bumper and the overriders without scratching the chrome. Oh man, what a great little trick! Thank you! 

[otisdog]

Still think you wussed out by buying the air cleaner....should've moved the engine.

Air cleaner came out nice....

[danco_]

58 minutes ago, otisdog said:

Still think you wussed out by buying the air cleaner....should've moved the engine.

Air cleaner came out nice....

I'm a path of least resistance kind of guy. I still have no idea how to change motor mounts but damn it, I can redo an air cleaner. 

 

That was mostly a joke. But I do need to change the motor mounts. I have them on order, along with the intake to booster hose, front calipers, brake master cylinder, and a few other things.

 

I have a solution for the exhaust system and I might cave and just buy a rear swaybar and hardware from IE.

 

 

I want to drive this car.