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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
Lacquer thinner would work, but you have to be really careful, otherwise you'll end up taking off more paint than you want to. How I've done this sort of thing is let the paint dry real good and then sand the paint off the tops with a sanding block. Of course the tips will no longer be polished. You might try combining the two and use a lacquer thinner dampened rag wrapped around a block of wood.
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
Thanks for the advice. I was thinking of using lacquer thinner. It's got some power. If it done work, I'll consider the sanding block.
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
Well, I grew a set and painted a set of valve covers last night. I was a little nervous to take these brand new v/c's out of the box and start spraying them, but it went well. Lacquer thinner and patience is all you need. I'm pretty happy with the result. What do you think?
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
Also, here's a shot of my lady's parts collection...She's just as bad as me and her brothers...
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
Valve covers look Sweet!!! I dig em'!!!
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
Valve covers look good!
Are you gonna replace the hardware with SS?
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
Looks good Hoser.
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
Those valve cover look amazing!!
good work!! is that a pool/parts table I spy in that last pic? way to make use bro!!! pool table.....we don't need no stinking pool table ![]() looks like lots of parts just hanging out waiting ![]()
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Thanks! You are correct, sir. That's a pool table/parts storage shelf. We need to get these trucks together so we can start using that again. ![]()
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
The valve covers turned out nice Joe!
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
Sweet!
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
nice job, looks slick
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
These valve covers look MUY SUAVE!!! When can I bring mine over?
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
They look good!
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
Those valve covers look great. You took your time and the results show that
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
the vc's look great.
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
When can we all come over and play pool?
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
Thanks everyone!
66Gilbert: Bring your's over anytime...just remember to bring at least a twelve pack...Will work for cerveza! ![]() Jason, whenever 'yall' (you here that alot in OK) want to come over and help get all them parts installed, let's play some pool!
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Re: Progress on my woman's '65 Short/Fleet.
A little progress is better then nada! Yesterday I painted the air cleaner top to match the v/c's.
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