Spent an interesting day in the 'Garage Majhal' at Pat Skelly's in Savanha today...
(Sent the wimmen' off shopping so some 'real' Stude workin' could get done[}
])....
Pat's currently a gimp (due to his thumb tendon snapping and running up his arm... see stump in photo
)...
So...
While Pat 'supervised', I played worker bee and polished this 'Morgan' Champ Six intake manifold..
It was pretty knicked up and some decisions/compromises had to be made to differentiate between 'perfect' and 'realistic' as far as polishing goes.
I did not want to work every knick out of it, as it is very high quality casting (for the era) that does not have a whole lot of extra meat to work with...
But, after the third day of 'Rubbing on it' (a Dave Lester term), I have it to a point where it probably should not be messed with no mo'...
Now... On to the matching cast aluminum finned head...
(What you don't see in the picture is that Pat is nice and clean, and I am a filthy dirty, sweaty, stinking pig. I got even, as I took a shower at the Skelly palace and trashed Emily's bathroom[}])...
Jeff[8D]
(Sent the wimmen' off shopping so some 'real' Stude workin' could get done[}
])....Pat's currently a gimp (due to his thumb tendon snapping and running up his arm... see stump in photo
)...So...
While Pat 'supervised', I played worker bee and polished this 'Morgan' Champ Six intake manifold..
It was pretty knicked up and some decisions/compromises had to be made to differentiate between 'perfect' and 'realistic' as far as polishing goes.
I did not want to work every knick out of it, as it is very high quality casting (for the era) that does not have a whole lot of extra meat to work with...
But, after the third day of 'Rubbing on it' (a Dave Lester term), I have it to a point where it probably should not be messed with no mo'...
Now... On to the matching cast aluminum finned head...
(What you don't see in the picture is that Pat is nice and clean, and I am a filthy dirty, sweaty, stinking pig. I got even, as I took a shower at the Skelly palace and trashed Emily's bathroom[}
])...Jeff[8D]
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