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Well, now I've gone and done it. Pulled myself out of the Concours judging events.
When restoring my car, I wanted to keep it original....sort of. Modifications that help reliability and can be hidden, was a definite. Electronic ignition and fuel pump come to mind. Spin on oil filter, makes sense and no easy way to hide that mod.
Keep the period correct hose clamps, they look cool. Paint the fan yellow, radiator black and fan shroud red as original.
Gee that's a nice looking finned valve cover. Yup, that was the start. Luke, come to the dark side. Roger, the stock cover is fine. Yes, but the finned one... it's so pretty. No keep the original green. But it's so pretty. Ok, a compromise. I got the finned one and with-in the hour of opening the box, I was prepping it for paint. I painted the insides of the fins engine green.
Oh, those chrome acorn nuts would look nice. And how about those chrome nut caps too. Somebody stop me.
Well the other day, when I was bonding with the cleaning rag and the engine compartment, I could feel the pull to the dark side again. You know Roger, these parts would look really sweet if they were a bit shinier. Who am I kidding, a lot shinier, chrome shinny!
Oh but it's a lot of work to take these parts out. Wimp! Ok, long story short, it took about a month to remove, chrome and replace the parts. Am I happy I did it? I so am. I believe it's a personal expression of what we do with our cars. They are like a work of art. Polishing up a part or two can dress it up. But adding too much, can also take away the beauty. I've seen cars where the owner keeps adding and adding aftermarket parts till the car becomes, in my option gaudy. But that's just my opinion and I would never say that to the owner.
Ok, with that disclaimer out there, here's a before and after photo of my engine compartment. Ya know, the dark side ain't so bad. It's actually shiny over here!
Cheers,
Roger
When restoring my car, I wanted to keep it original....sort of. Modifications that help reliability and can be hidden, was a definite. Electronic ignition and fuel pump come to mind. Spin on oil filter, makes sense and no easy way to hide that mod.
Keep the period correct hose clamps, they look cool. Paint the fan yellow, radiator black and fan shroud red as original.
Gee that's a nice looking finned valve cover. Yup, that was the start. Luke, come to the dark side. Roger, the stock cover is fine. Yes, but the finned one... it's so pretty. No keep the original green. But it's so pretty. Ok, a compromise. I got the finned one and with-in the hour of opening the box, I was prepping it for paint. I painted the insides of the fins engine green.
Oh, those chrome acorn nuts would look nice. And how about those chrome nut caps too. Somebody stop me.
Well the other day, when I was bonding with the cleaning rag and the engine compartment, I could feel the pull to the dark side again. You know Roger, these parts would look really sweet if they were a bit shinier. Who am I kidding, a lot shinier, chrome shinny!
Oh but it's a lot of work to take these parts out. Wimp! Ok, long story short, it took about a month to remove, chrome and replace the parts. Am I happy I did it? I so am. I believe it's a personal expression of what we do with our cars. They are like a work of art. Polishing up a part or two can dress it up. But adding too much, can also take away the beauty. I've seen cars where the owner keeps adding and adding aftermarket parts till the car becomes, in my option gaudy. But that's just my opinion and I would never say that to the owner.
Ok, with that disclaimer out there, here's a before and after photo of my engine compartment. Ya know, the dark side ain't so bad. It's actually shiny over here!
Cheers,
Roger
