[SEL] Working Clothes

[michael young]

Hi,even if its got no original paint on them at all I prefer to not paint
em. Do the mechanical work and don worry bout the paint.  This might be cos
I am s*** with the spray gun (true) an lazy (true as well) but mosly coz
thats the way I like em.  Sand blasting is a big no no with me as well.

Mike Young


On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Renee Mathieson <mathjr at optusnet.com.au>wrote:

> I agree with you patrick. We are surpose to be restoreres not destroyers.
> If an engine has a fair amount of original paint and even some pinstriping
> leave it as it is. Coat it in turps and oil. I was about to buy an expencive
> engine from Murray Bridge and the seller mentioned that it had been
> sandblasted. I pulled out of the sale strait away. As far as I am concerned
> that engine has been destroyed. The before pics show pinstriping and a lot
> of original artwork and paint. I have bead blasted very rusty engines and
> oiled them up to try and get the old patina but would never paint or
> sandblast an engine that showed original paint etc. These engines are still
> in their working clothes. John Mathieson Eden NSW
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