Cool, I like the M/T valve covers. Were you the one I told to look on e-bay for them? When I got mine I cleaned them real well, and then sprayed the whole thing with black krylon wrinkle paint. Then, I took 220 grit sand paper and sanded the paint off of the fins. Then I just kept going to finer and finer sandpaper, and finaly buffed them with some metal polish. The only thing I should have done different was to strip ALL of the old black off, instead of just the parts that were pealing already. Or, if you dont like the black ones, the other thing you can do with them that looks good is to paint just the top part with chevy orange, then polish the rest of it(including the fins) just leaving the paint inbetween the fins on the top. Sorry that was so long, but I hope that helps you with how to clean them up.
