Topic: Hood scoop and double baffle valve covers

[TransAmGuy]

This is the hood scoop I chose to restore for my car.   



It's stamped 549533.



Got a little clean up to do in the ring area.




I chose it because the rear vents were still original in appearance





Double baffle valve covers.   I mentioned these some time back.  The ones I used on the engine are single baffle.

[TransAmGuy]

After spending all day stripping and sanding, this is where I'm at.   How long does a complete restoration take?  Will I live long enough?

[Rick]

Well...by the time I've ever finished any significant amount of body work, I find I have NO fingerprints left...

[RENOVATIONS]

Which is good because Rick is....THE FUGITIVE



Just be patient and hang in there...it looks as though you are making some good progress.
Anything worth having takes time to accomplish

[TransAmGuy]

Here it is in primer.....................

[RENOVATIONS]

Very nice! 

[Hitman]

So, when does the paint get laid on?

[TransAmGuy]

It got painted.   Then I found a hair in it.  So it got stripped again.........      Which is fine, because after I painted it, I wished I had put a skim coat of bondo over it.......

[Rick]

Ouch.  I feel your pain.  However, the willingness to "do over" until you reach perfection is a great learning tool and nobody can argue that you don't get a result that's far superior to "good enough first time" efforts.

[RENOVATIONS]

Why the skim coat?? ....waves?

[TransAmGuy]

Why the skim coat?? ....waves?

There were some imperfections in the surface of the scoop that didn't really show up until the black was on it.  Then they stood out like sore thumbs.  I just could have done better.................

[eroc022]

black shows EVERYTHING