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Old 03-13-2020, 08:01 PM
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Dan I have a Kirkham. Mine is polished with the brushed stripes. The polished area is actually easier to take care of than the brushed stripes but neither is harder to take care of than a painted car. There are two big advantages to leaving it brushed - first is that you don’t have to touch up paint and when it gets a dent it can be fixed without a repaint. The second big plus is your car will be unique and a real show stopper. I get 10x more comments on my polished car than I would if it was painted. Everyone knows it’s a metal car and not plastic. Plenty of race cars and aircraft go with bare aluminum.

Either way you go - painted or brushed - it’s a great car. Just don’t put a stroked 351 Windsor in it :-).

Mike
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