The Jalopy Journal
On a DC motor, reversing the polarity will reverse the direction of the motor. So how is the starter motor going to turn the correct direction, to...
Are they still selling the design they stole from Vern Tardell ? Do their shitty Chinese carbs still come in a box with the exact same graphics...
A lot of jobbing shops, used to cut the title block off of part drawings, before they made it out on the shop floor. My boss at the time, did not....
Everybody had problems with wet flow, on the Smokey Ram. Chevy did something sort of similar, on the Corvette, using a pair of throttle body...
One company I worked at, used to bring in bus loads of Asian "tourists", for a company tour. The greedy President wanted to get into the Asian...
Did Edelbrock sell something without testing it first ?
Would be real nice, if someone could get Jason Kencevski ( CEO of Speedmaster) to talk on the record, and try and explain away, this situation....
Those "Rat Fink" groups on FB are insane.
Easy to spend a bunch on promotion, when you have no R&D costs.
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness." I wanted to say, anyone can make a copy, but my experience...
Does SEMA really care ? Years ago they changed their name from "Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association", to "Special Equipment Market...
IIRC, Ed Roth had this same problem in the 60's, with stuff he was having made over seas. A lot of knock off stuff coming out of China is made by...
Not even a good copy.
ALL. No chance they designed anything original, besides their own logo.
100%
What spindles are you planning ?
More of a furled flag design, would probably look better, and be more forgiving, on that shape. A simple design, gives you no place to hide, if...
Good point. Yes, easy to do poorly. Just the hood would be ok. Trying to wrap the design around the sides, gets real tough, real fast.
Canadian Pontiac = Chevy motor, Chevy frame. All the suspension is Chevy. (NO clue why they did this.) A sharp parts guy used to know to ask what...
Good point.
Sign Gold does Spun Gold Leaf laminated in vinyl. https://signwarehouse.com/products/sign-gold-real-22-karat-gold-leaf-vinyl Not inexpensive...
There are always other ways, a vinyl mask would be the easiest. Second choice, a hand cut stencil for one row, then just repeat. Third choice:...
Depends on the tape. Paint needs to be dry enough. In the example above, the intercoat clear allows you to sand the stars off, if you make a big...
Add a little White to the same Blue. Suddenly, the color is lighter. The fade comes from technique, which comes from practice.
COULD be done in Gold Leaf. Turning Leaf is slightly tougher, but possible with practice. LOTS of practice. The easy option is Gold vinyl, cut...
The Blue fade in the background ? Shoot that first, then a couple coats of Intercoat Clear. The gold stars go on top. Then more clear.
Did people ever paint anything, before digital prints ?
Yes, this way. Paint Mask is a removable vinyl, the adhesive is not as strong. Designed to be removable. The vinyl sign people can cut anything...
Vinyl Paint Mask.
Is there only one set of WC ratios ?
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