My 26T Coupe build thread

[pat mccarthy]

looking good.. the stain less steel stuff it can be fun to buff i made a rad cover for the chevy spent a day tig welding sanding all that fun stuff and in one second have my buddys five HP buffer with a 12by3 inch thick pile wheel rip it out of my hands and drive it in his dirt and gravel drive way like a lawn dart . i spent the rest of that day with the tig filling marks and metal working it back to shape them i sent it out for a finsh buff . but still like to use alum or ss as much as i can so i do not send out for chrome he still likes to tell me albout that day like i did not know about it them backers look good looks alot like the old metal flake paint line glowable marigold i had on my gto back in 1981

[Ken Thurm]

Pat, what a bummer that kind of stuff makes you sick!!
Ken

[roadster32]

Pat your not alone there mate
I too have had bits ripped out of my hands by the buffer, The worst things are stainless washers, I put them on a taper to polish but sometimes they fly off and usually never get seen again !!! There must be a pile of them in my workshop somewhere

looking good.. the stain less steel stuff it can be fun to buff i made a rad cover for the chevy spent a day tig welding sanding all that fun stuff and in one second have my buddys five HP buffer with a 12by3 inch thick pile wheel rip it out of my hands and drive it in his dirt and gravel drive way like a lawn dart . i spent the rest of that day with the tig filling marks and metal working it back to shape them i sent it out for a finsh buff . but still like to use alum or ss as much as i can so i do not send out for chrome he still likes to tell me albout that day like i did not know about it them backers look good looks alot like the old metal flake paint line glowable marigold i had on my gto back in 1981