What we have to do to make our cars Top Flight!
If someone would have told me just a year ago that I would ON PURPOSE spray orange engine enamel so sloppily so as to cover a hose and clamps, I would have told them that they were crazy...not ever going to happen.
Well, in preparing my chapter Top Flight '65 L76 coupe for the upcoming October regional meet, I did just such a thing.
The previous owner of this car must have gotten two water pump fittings confused in the JG. He had the hexagonal elbow above the water pump unpainted and had painted the lower cad-plated hose fitting. He had it backwards.
I have attached the before and after photos for your amusement. The "after" photo shows the fittings corrected and the sharpest eyes will spot that the worm clamp has been removed from the nearby heater hose, leaving the correct spring wire clamp. The "after" photo also shows the deliberately messy application of orange.
Of course, if any of you judges spot something I missed, please tell me. There seems to be no limit to my sick goal of perfection!
We are only temporary caretakers of these historic American automotive icons. It behooves us to always do our best for them. -Clark
Well, in preparing my chapter Top Flight '65 L76 coupe for the upcoming October regional meet, I did just such a thing.
The previous owner of this car must have gotten two water pump fittings confused in the JG. He had the hexagonal elbow above the water pump unpainted and had painted the lower cad-plated hose fitting. He had it backwards.
I have attached the before and after photos for your amusement. The "after" photo shows the fittings corrected and the sharpest eyes will spot that the worm clamp has been removed from the nearby heater hose, leaving the correct spring wire clamp. The "after" photo also shows the deliberately messy application of orange.
Of course, if any of you judges spot something I missed, please tell me. There seems to be no limit to my sick goal of perfection!
We are only temporary caretakers of these historic American automotive icons. It behooves us to always do our best for them. -Clark