Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Thanks Charlie, It was a nice sit down job for a change

This is my method on how to keep a painted finish on headers.

Basically the painted finish (using hi-temp paint) has to be baked and most of the time the
oven is too small.

Step 1 - Remove headers from vehicle, strip finish off headers and clean thoroughly. Remove
any grease or oil.

Step 2 - Paint headers with a name brand high temperature paint such as VHT.

Step 3 - Reinstall headers, be careful as not to get any grease, oil or dirt on painted surfaces.

Step 4 - Fire up the motor, run it for about 1 to 2 minutes.

Step 5 - Let headers cool.

Step 6 - Repeat steps 4 and 5 four to six times. The more the better.

The key points are;
Headers must be absolutely clean before painting.
Painted surfaces must be clean before the baking process.
Do not let the headers get too hot while baking.

To maintain your newly painted headers keep them clean, use soap and water (while cool).
The paint job can be touched up but the new paint has to be also baked.

Steve I can see why you bought it, it looks really cool! Nice fab job as always.

Fuel Block looks killer Steve as usual! How are you and the misses feeling??

We are ok Don, Sues virus has turned into Bronchitis but she is on antibiotics so will improve next couple of days, I've moreless recovered now but feel tired and its left me with a bad couch which keeps me awake at night I'm sure it will be gone soon. It appears its nationwide at the moment.
What i need is more Florida air

You guys ok ???

Originally Posted by Mr Blue

Fuel Block looks killer Steve as usual! How are you and the misses feeling??

Originally Posted by roadster32

We are ok Don, Sues virus has turned into Bronchitis but she is on antibiotics so will improve next couple of days, I've moreless recovered now but feel tired and its left me with a bad couch which keeps me awake at night I'm sure it will be gone soon. It appears its nationwide at the moment.
What i need is more Florida air

You guys ok ???

Yikes! Man it seems like you both are not feeling good. Don't know how you work in the shop when you are feeling ill! I hope Sue gets better soon and you too.

We are good. No problems here at all. Hope your health keeps on the upswing. Willy's is looking great as usual Don Jr.

Steve it was just sitting on a swapmeet table with a $40 sticker on it, couldn't refuse it, It was shouting buy me buy me

Originally Posted by stovens

Steve I can see why you bought it, it looks really cool! Nice fab job as always.

I maybe the only one but been thinking about finishing the ends of bolts where the nut sits in a different way, nothing too difficult to do but looking for something cool and different, I ground a lathe tool to the required shape so it could be done in one process to save time.

Heres what i came up with.















When used with a Castellated nut it takes on a nice different look.

The only rust free car on the planet

:lol::lol::lol:

Originally Posted by cffisher

the only rust free car on the planet

Steve,if you wouldn't mind,could you explain where all the tooling and equipment started that you have.For me anyways,it is like reading and watching a episode of the TV program "The Shade Tree Mechanic" with all the stuff you have to work with.Love the way you apply that.Very talented.

Not quite sure what you mean Gary, most of my power equipment is old from the 60's when they made machines to last.

Originally Posted by 1gary

Steve,if you wouldn't mind,could you explain where all the tooling and equipment started that you have.For me anyways,it is like reading and watching a episode of the TV program "The Shade Tree Mechanic" with all the stuff you have to work with.Love the way you apply that.Very talented.

I guess I am curious if you where a master machinist at some point because you have such a eye for making the parts I admire so much.The shop you are working in was built up over the last number of yrs and you knew what machines to buy because you have been building cars for what number of yrs.The back story of how you built up the shop and equipment.

Well without this becoming as long as War & Peace here goes

I left school and started a precision toolmakeing apprenticeship, after 3 years i realised it wasn't for me, then i joined JW Automotive as a trainee, they were a race car company that ran the GT40's for Ford that came 1st, 2nd & 3rd at the Le Man 24 hrs race. after that i persued my interest in becoming a porn star.
Equipment wise i add as i need it, when i see something the right price i snap it up, i like to buy machines from the 60's as they are cheap and are extremely well built and generally are still very accurate.
A lot of what i do is made with a 4.5" angle grinder and hand tools though.

Originally Posted by 1gary

I guess I am curious if you where a master machinist at some point because you have such a eye for making the parts I admire so much.The shop you are working in was built up over the last number of yrs and you knew what machines to buy because you have been building cars for what number of yrs.The back story of how you built up the shop and equipment.

Originally Posted by roadster32

........ after that i persued my interest in becoming a porn star.
Equipment wise i add as i need it, ............

Interesting sentence structure............................