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Larrys "Race"box,front up close...
top view... came out good..
Larrys Box back side. sorry bout the crappy pics...
back side
new Aluminum box, w/ alligator texture with Bakelite handle. just started striping this... more to come.
my new lunchbox, sandblasted, clear then silver and black.
the raw steel and clear look like titanium!!
alligator texture, brass and Bakelite handle.
just the beginning.... top end.
the best temp to stripe is about 72, low humidity, hot or too humid and the paint needs to be thinned often by dipping in a little mineral...
I still struggle to do straight lines, i put a ton of pressure on myself, but i can stripe in a crowd now, i attend the Autorama in Sac each year...
I am a car builder & pinstriper, and heres the thing. mineral spirits are the best for final cleaning, paint thinner gets down deep, you can use...
wow...... my heads spinning.. oh thats right ,they have a new idea each year, so lets reinvent wheel, silly ford ... lol . I would like to say...
those would work, ive built many a chevy pickups from years 53-68. I had some halibrand style ones on my 68 that looked good. they had knockoff...
this is late 80's 8.8 ford rearend, it is super nice and perfect backlash, just right. 3.55 as the tag clearly indicates . problem is, my project...
Time to build.... time to live again...
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