Nark mentioned polishing parts of his SU's and how neat they
look after the treatment. I too played with the buffing wheel
that I use to restore old antique music boxes and pinball machines.
I gave the Micky Mouse ears on my Weber carbs to my wife and she
had a blast making them look pretty. I was hard at work on the
from suspension of the Super Seven so I polished the nuts and bolts
and even the trunnion. Boy, did that look nice, all brass and shiny!
But I drive this car once or twice a week and it is amazing how
quickly the corosion hits, even here in dry, sunny California. All
our effort was wasted. I see why people who polish their cars
excessively now trailer there cars every where. No one on this net
would be that excessive, of course...
I also stripe marked all the suspension pieces so I could tell at
a glance if the part was loosening. Many new cars are marked this way
with bright yellows and blues. All I could find was some of my
wife's old nail polish, mostly clear with some metallic pink in it.
This looks pretty and prevents corosion but I had a hard time with
pink nuts and bolts in the front end of my car...
Michael
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