RE: restoring some old CalCustoms -ideas guys?

[Kevin Merkley <krmerkley@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Hi,

SInce it is aluminum, go to a shop that repairs outboard motors.  They 
often weld on new aluminum to repair the bottom fin of an outboard and 
will be able to add the appropriate bead on the valve cover for you.  

Likely they will be tickled to work on something other than an outboard. 
 

K.

Robert neal zimmerman wrote:
> 
>  found a cool old pair of big block  valve covers in the trunk of a car.
>  I think they might be cal-customs, very heavy aluminum castings with 
>  ribs
>      BUT........
>    two of the fins have been slightly eroded away in one spot-
>   ( u got me??). I thought maybe battery acid or a rag with something
>   caustic in it draped over the valve cover. Its not too bad though ,
>   the  main spine of the two ribs in this spot is still there, they just
>   need filled out, filed in and painted, of course they
>     will never be raw aluminum again but if i can repair this bad
>     spotthey should look cool painted up.
>    Anyhoo- my question is- what could i use to build these fins up and
>    restore them , JB WELD??  Its gotta be tough and  take a  couple
>    hundred degrees. Any ideas guys, i hate to throw them away, other
>    than this spot they are  really cool
>    Neal Zimmerman,Eugene Oregon



Kevin R. Merkley
Thunder Bay, Ontario
64 Dodge 440 2dr HT (Cdn)

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