Project Swivelhips near completion.
Let's see how this one turns out and whether, like Gord, I get sick of it after hours and hours or sanding, LOL! If I end up picking up the proper tools this week, it'll be a bit easier.
For a price i can will do just about anything, JUST ABOUT anything before that ends up in someones sig. Any way i was planning on polishing another one up when swivel gives me his core back and when its done I would be willing to swap it out with another for a core. Unless Swivel wants to start polishing then he can. I just need a core back at some point in case i go back to stock, i am thinking of selling the car so the stocker might go back on 
For a price i can will do just about anything, JUST ABOUT anything before that ends up in someones sig. Any way i was planning on polishing another one up when swivel gives me his core back and when its done I would be willing to swap it out with another for a core. Unless Swivel wants to start polishing then he can. I just need a core back at some point in case i go back to stock, i am thinking of selling the car so the stocker might go back on
Selling?! Say it ain't so...
it might happen, I will have to see but i am not sure I love it any more. i was thinking of starting over on a new project one that is not as highly modified as this one. I have had an eye for older imports latley
Thank you. it makes the hard work worth while hearing compliments like that!!
Thank you. it makes the hard work worth while hearing compliments like that!!
it might happen, I will have to see but i am not sure I love it any more. i was thinking of starting over on a new project one that is not as highly modified as this one. I have had an eye for older imports latley
Thank you. it makes the hard work worth while hearing compliments like that!!
Thank you. it makes the hard work worth while hearing compliments like that!!
no problem...gotta give compliments where its due
Little update. I did some work on it yesterday and it's starting to look pretty good. This is with just a 'cleaning' compound after 400/800/1000 grit sanding. I still need to work on some of the detail parts, and I definitely need to get some better-shaped 'bobs' for polishing. But hopefully I'll have her all shiny by the Alberta G/Z meet -- whenever that is. 
Current (not great) photo:
Looks good.
I bought a used upper plenum recently, and will do something like that with it.
I will look in to chroming it first though. Once chromed it is zero maintenance. When I build the motor I will do the same with the front timing cover, and a few other things.
I bought a used upper plenum recently, and will do something like that with it.
I will look in to chroming it first though. Once chromed it is zero maintenance. When I build the motor I will do the same with the front timing cover, and a few other things.
Fixed a couple niggling flaws this morning, and there are still more but I figured if I didn't hurry up and put this thing on, I'd fiddle with it until there was no material left. So I'm calling it done.
The old one getting ready to come out:
As Eno mentioned to me when he was here the other day, you almost wonder how the one on the left could end up looking like the one on the right:
In its rightful place. I knew it would make everything else look like crap, LOL!
All buttoned up. Looks just about like I hoped it would.
Definitely pops, even from a distance (and especially on a dirty car, haha!)
The old one getting ready to come out:
As Eno mentioned to me when he was here the other day, you almost wonder how the one on the left could end up looking like the one on the right:
In its rightful place. I knew it would make everything else look like crap, LOL!
All buttoned up. Looks just about like I hoped it would.
Definitely pops, even from a distance (and especially on a dirty car, haha!)
Last edited by Swivel; Jun 21, 2010 at 02:51 PM.
I am not at all a fan of chrome but polished metal it is a thing of beauty, maybe its the time and effort I can appreciate
Any way it is usually hard to find a shop that will chrome aluminum due to its high rate of flaking off alum, but there are a few that will do it I only know because i used to be a mustang guy that thought chrome was cool 
.It looks good Wayne, i was actually just wondering about it this morning!!