Painted Kirkham

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Was that selected from the Martha Stewart collection at Home Depot?

"Virginia Sand" sounds an awful lot like "Patrick's Crappy Beige" to me. Say it ain't so.

Ahhh, but it is so. He has thoroughly thought it through, weighed all his options, and has chosen to paint his aluminum bodied Kirkham with a color that is similar to mine. Ooooh, how sweet it is.

And btw, there were three reasons I chose ERA over Kirkham: 1) I was going to paint the car from the get-go; 2) ERA is on the east coast; 3) Kirkham has no manual (well, they kind of have a partially done one now, but they dropped the ball and gave up on it when it was about half way done).

[RestoCreations]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Ahhh, but it is so. He has thoroughly thought it through, weighed all his options, and has chosen to paint his aluminum bodied Kirkham with a color that is similar to mine. Ooooh, how sweet it is.

And btw, there were three reasons I chose ERA over Kirkham: 1) I was going to paint the car from the get-go; 2) ERA is on the east coast; 3) Kirkham has no manual (well, they kind of have a partially done one now, but they dropped the ball and gave up on it when it was about half way done).

Kirkhams need a manual?

[sea2jet]

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]

Originally Posted by sea2jet

...was covered in tiny pits and white corrosion. Yikes.

... just like RodKnock himself.

[Morris]

Originally Posted by sea2jet

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.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RestoCreations

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.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by RestoCreations

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.