I once had an old Corvette that I put aluminum valve covers, air cleaner, and other unprotected items to dress up the engine. it was foggy one day with a slight ocean breeze and when I opened up the hood to show a friend the engine I just about had a heart attack. That engine looked 50 years old. Every unprotected aluminum piece was covered in tiny pits and white corrosion. Yikes.
patrickt
03-26-2015 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by RestoCreations
(Post 1343573)
Kirkhams need a manual?
Of course it does. Actually, a hand-crafted car needs a detailed manual even more than a standard GM type car does. One day, David's not going to answer that phone any more. And I don't think Thomas is even involved in the operation. When you drop six figures on a toy, you should get a detailed service manual that goes with it. Unfortunately, writing a quality service manual is just as hard, and sometimes harder, than building the car itself.
patrickt
03-26-2015 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by sea2jet
(Post 1343589)
...was covered in tiny pits and white corrosion. Yikes.
... just like RodKnock himself.:LOL:
ACademic
03-26-2015 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by rodneym
(Post 1343521)
Lot's of flaws pop out, like...elbows on the fender (none of which are mine :rolleyes:)
Well if you wouldn't have overheated at the Shelby show... :3DSMILE:
Morris
03-26-2015 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by sea2jet
(Post 1343589)
I once had an old Corvette that I put aluminum valve covers, air cleaner, and other unprotected items to dress up the engine. it was foggy one day with a slight ocean breeze and when I opened up the hood to show a friend the engine I just about had a heart attack. That engine looked 50 years old. Every unprotected aluminum piece was covered in tiny pits and white corrosion. Yikes.
Hit the wall once and the corner workers came running over to help me, then they covered the car with Purple K fire extinguishers retardant. When we got home and looked at the damage, the Purple K dust had eaten all of the aluminum in the engine compartment, and corroded the bear metal. But it did prevent the fire and that was good.
maurice19
03-26-2015 09:48 AM
Bill,
I haven`t had any problems at all with #318 in 10 years on the road.
Driving mostly inland off the ocean and a few trips in the Monterey fog.
Paint is beautiful , but takes a lot more care. I windex my cars body
every 4 or 5 weeks.
Maurice
rodneym
03-26-2015 10:44 AM
I like 'em bare too, believe me. I had it that way since '09. But the 2 biggest motives were...
1) I became friends with McCluskey's paint wiz
2) durring the most recent rebrush, I did a horrible job and over brushed the stripes, considered brushing out the stripes, and then thought, "Hmmmm....."
Maybe now people with think it's glass and won't touch it :cool:
RodKnock
03-26-2015 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by rodneym
(Post 1343622)
I like 'em bare too, believe me. I had it that way since '09. But the 2 biggest motives were...
1) I became friends with McCluskey's paint wiz
2) durring the most recent rebrush, I did a horrible job and over brushed the stripes, considered brushing out the stripes, and then thought, "Hmmmm....."
Maybe now people with think it's glass and won't touch it :cool:
Really? Those are two lousy reasons. You decided you wanted to spend $xx,xxx on paint job for your Kirkham because you became friends with a painter and your a failure with Scotch Brite pad? :LOL:
Sounds like your typical "I joined a cult" scenario and your using the "diminshed capacity" or Twinkee defense. :p
And what color is it really? If it's black, then I may be able to forgive you. If it's red, white or blue, then I've lost all respect. :LOL:
And if it's beige, then you're a dummy.
patrickt
03-26-2015 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by RodKnock
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And what color is it really? If it's black, then I may be able to forgive you. If it's red, white or blue, then I've lost all respect. :LOL:
And if it's beige, then you're a dummy.
It is "Hawaiian Black Sand." :D
RodKnock
03-26-2015 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by RestoCreations
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Kirkhams need a manual?
Of course not. Most of the US population fail at reading comprehension anyway. If people could read and comprehend, then they wouldn't buy 99% of the food they eat everyday. ;)
rodneym
03-26-2015 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by RodKnock
(Post 1343629)
Really? Those are two lousy reasons. You decided you wanted to spend $xx,xxx on paint job for your Kirkham because you became friends with a painter and your a failure with Scotch Brite pad? :LOL:
Sounds like your typical "I joined a cult" scenario and your using the "diminshed capacity" or Twinkee defense. :p
And what color is it really? If it's black, then I may be able to forgive you.
Let me see...
Cult? I'd say the 'cult' has to do with unfinished Kirkhams. %/
Or.....maybe I'm joining a more exclusive cult-I mean club? :LOL:
Just a change.
As for color, you'll have to wait and see. Now I have to contact Pat and find out exactly what shade of black his rollbar padding is...
patrickt
03-26-2015 11:55 AM
Personally, I would never join any cult that would have someone like me as a member anyway.:cool:
RodKnock
03-26-2015 12:04 PM
I'm hoping you actually picked a real color.
Personally, I like the bright-hued "jelly bean" type colors, say like, Viper Green, Speed Yellow or Riviera Blue.
