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R6MGS
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Yes, don't black out an engine compartment...the DPO of the 61 MGA which was originally black had it painted white...without doing the engine compartment...Luckily it's my wifes car so I only have to open the 'bonnet' for general maintence but everytime I do I cringe. Once I am done my TC this MGA is next for resto...And I will be doing the engine compartment the same as the body...now if only I can convince my wife to let me do it in it's original black.
tony barnhill
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my engine compartment is black
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Your car is Black...hehehehe
my engine compartment is black
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Your car is Black...hehehehe
kennypinkerton
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If you are doing paint and bodywork anyway, and it's not a RB car - I say go for it.
tony barnhill
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What, No comment on removing side marker lights?
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/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif After all I'm doing to my '79 V8 car - I think not!
What, No comment on removing side marker lights?
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/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif After all I'm doing to my '79 V8 car - I think not!
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What, No comment on removing side marker lights?
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/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif After all I'm doing to my '79 V8 car - I think not!
Tony, I'm a little slow this morning:
Do you mean I should replace the side markers or it is alright to leave them off?
Tom
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What, No comment on removing side marker lights?
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/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif After all I'm doing to my '79 V8 car - I think not!
Tony, I'm a little slow this morning:
Do you mean I should replace the side markers or it is alright to leave them off?
Tom
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tony barnhill
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Tom - go anyway you'd like...its your car. A '74 isn't a rare or unusual car so its okay to play around with it.
Now, that might seem totally opposite from the black engine compartment - & it is - its just we Anglophiles are accustomed to body colored engine compartments in our cars & black ones in US muscle cars.
Now, that might seem totally opposite from the black engine compartment - & it is - its just we Anglophiles are accustomed to body colored engine compartments in our cars & black ones in US muscle cars.
Nunyas
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*shrug* If you already have the fenders stripped for body work and don't mind doing the fill work to fill in the holes where the side markers use to be, then go for it. If you'd rather not fill in the holes, then don't do it.
Personally, I think I'd go for it (remove them); the stock side markers have that nice tacked on after thought look to them. Or I might get fancy and make a set of flush markers.
One small note: if you DO decide to fill the holes, please use metal. Would hate to see 4 perfectly circular cracks show up from the bondo breaking free.
In a previous life, I thought I'd shave door handles off a pick-up I had. Instead of filling the depressions with a metal plate and just smooting with bondo, I filled the entire depression with fiberglass cloth and resin and then layed a 1/8" layer of bondo over it. It looked sweet when it got painted, but needless to say, it started cracking in less than a year. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonod.gif Eh.... what can I say... I was young, dumb, and everyone else didn't know what they were talking about. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Personally, I think I'd go for it (remove them); the stock side markers have that nice tacked on after thought look to them. Or I might get fancy and make a set of flush markers.
One small note: if you DO decide to fill the holes, please use metal. Would hate to see 4 perfectly circular cracks show up from the bondo breaking free.
In a previous life, I thought I'd shave door handles off a pick-up I had. Instead of filling the depressions with a metal plate and just smooting with bondo, I filled the entire depression with fiberglass cloth and resin and then layed a 1/8" layer of bondo over it. It looked sweet when it got painted, but needless to say, it started cracking in less than a year. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonod.gif Eh.... what can I say... I was young, dumb, and everyone else didn't know what they were talking about. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif