Valve Cover Dashboard for my bucket

That is cool! Long engine, narrow car, what the hey

Mark

 

That is one huge valve cover!! Looks great.

 

It was a huge engine . . .

 

That goes from "What tha" to damned slick in just a flash. Looks great. And you can hear the rattle in back sheds world wide as guys are out digging for that long forgotten piece that they always thought could be used for something that it wasn't but were afraid to try it.

 

well done indeed ! now thats what its all about

 

Excellent!

Max

 

i really like that. way to be innovative. and the rest of the T is looking pretty good also!

 

I'm really impressed with how that turned out! It definitely took a unique mind to bring that together, well done...

 

I like unique, it sounds a bit more pleasant than "insane".

 

man what a great use for a valve cover , i always wanted a finned aluminum valve cover for my straight eight , dont think anyone ever made one though

 

Hats off to you my friend. 65,000 HAMB-ers, 7 decades of building hot rods and you come up with a new idea. You are the man.

 

One of the sweetest ideas I have seen in a long time, and it looks good too!!! Show some final shots when you wrap this one up.

 

very kool...
thanx' for sharing.

 

Very cool, but it really needs the original idea of the power port behind a fill cap.

Fill cap is the cherry on top.

Countdown to a bucket with a finned aluminum VC dash in 5......4.......3......

 

Here's an idea...
A couple hemi valve covers, and a dual snorkle air cleaner all welded together to form a dashboard.

The snorkels on the air cleaner could be used for defroster vents.

Cut holes for guages into the air cleaner lid... And put spark plug wires into the holes on the VC's, tucked up into dummy holes just under the snorkels....

It would look good in a full blown fat fendered custom.

 

I officially name your creation the "Schafer Dash".

 

Now that is a helluva compliment!

I'm still on the fence and I may go that way at some point - however I did use the window crank trim from the same Buick to go around the lighter if that is any consolation

Nice

 

I like it. Looks cool

 

Very innovative!!!!

 

Now that was a great idea. Nice job!

 

At first look, I thought that was the biggest piece of **** in the world. But I must say that that is pretty cool! who would have thought? Once the guages went in, that did it for me.
Tom

 

I like the way you think my friend..... now that's Hot Rodding!

 

i have a busted one that i'm thinking might make a good guage pod

 

A truly novel idea! You get an A+.

 

This was posted on the Team Buick site last Nov. Who knows he still might have it.

<TABLE cl***=tborder id=post56630 cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=6 width="100%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD cl***=thead> 11-01-2008, 03:46 PM <!-- / status icon and date -->
</TD></TR><TR><TD cl***=alt2 style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><!-- user info --><TABLE cellSpacing=6 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD cl***=alt2></TD><TD noWrap>Allen <SCRIPT type=text/javascript> vbmenu_register("postmenu_56630", true); </SCRIPT>
Level 1
</TD><TD width="100%"> </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap>Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Winchester IL.
Posts: 4



</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- / user info --></TD></TR><TR><TD cl***=alt1 id=td_post_56630><!-- message, attachments, sig --><!-- icon and ***le -->Aluminum Valve Cover, Buick Straight 8
<HR style="COLOR: #ffffff; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and ***le --><!-- message -->I have a Buick Straight 8, Aluminum Valve Cover and a Good Straight 8 Exhaust Manifold for sale right now on eBay, And I also have on eBay right now for sale, A 1931 Ford Truck with a Buick Straight 8 Motor with header and a custom built intake with 3 carburetors on it,

1931 Ford Truck with Straight 8 motor is item number 190262640951

Aluminum Valve Cover is Item Number 120326044144

Exhaust Manifold is item number 120327416844

My # is 217-742-3387
<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->__________________
Allen
<!-- / sig --></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

That's slick. Always cool to be unique, and recycle at the same time!

 

Maybe the old dash would also work as a nice valvecover for your buick. Few people would have a valvecover with a glove compartment.

 

looks great!..I had been looking at a Packard Flathead straight eight head thinking of the same application..it has "Thunderbolt" onnit and I was thinking toggle switches in the sparkplug holes, of course you would have to mill it thin so it wasn't so heavy..ehhh you got the more workable idea as the head would be too hard to put a guage in..great project man, looks good...

 

That is a very cool idea. How about some more shots of the whole car?

 

WOW ! Hell of a great idea and you know that it's the only one out there too ! Very KOOL !