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Frankenstein with lipstick
I am sorry the picture is so dark of the latest firewall on my '29; maybe DennyW knows how to lighten it up? I tried to use PAINT to lighten it but I could not figure it out. The point is that now the stainless steel plate has been painted the body color including a coat of clear. With the firewall being indented so much it is like in a cave. If you look up close you can see the edge of the plate and the smoothed capscrews but it will certainly not detract from the view of the engine. For Bob Parmenter, this is the best I can do in my situation and I also bought a tilt column without a key-lock from Brookville and had it painted at the same time as this plate. The paint shop painted the previous column as part of the original paint job but with a second column and the plate I had to pay for 2 1/2 hours plus materials so I am not going to mess with it anymore. I still have to finish up the inside floor board and try to make it watertight.
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
Frankenstein with lipstick-lite
DennyW, Thanks very much, you did a great job on it! What software did you use? Now you can see the top capscrew heads if you look close but the important thing is that since they are smoothed and painted also they are not very noticeable. Once I get the distributor in there with the plug wires you probably won't notice anything. The main thing is that the foot room in the cockpit is now reasonable and I can move the gas pedal to the right enough so my right foot won't get caught behind the brake pedal when it comes time to use the brake! Thanks again DennyW! ProZ, let's hope I don't screw it up again when I cut the hole for the steering column (soon); your suggestion about using a wooden dowel was very helpful and I can point to the place on the firewall where the column will clear the header and spark plug as well.
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder