Shiny stuff. Every drag racer tries to “keep the shiny side up”. Yeah, its kinda sick because no racer wants to roll their car. Those pro-mod guys come the closest every time they get in the car – I mean, full body cars going that fast? Crazy. Anyway – we like the shiny side of our hot rod. And because of that, we like to make it as shiny as possible. So I have been using some Meguiars polish and wax on the finish and WOW. It looks great. People usually commented on the finish of our car, so it probably will go unnoticed in a few days when we take it out. But I can really tell that it has a luster that it hasn’t had in a while.
Also, I got out the Mothers Mag and Aluminum polish for our Front Weld Wheels and ZOW! They are really clean, very sharp, very shiny. looks awesome. I also have a new set of valve covers that are aluminum and I started polishing them with it last night. They are coming up VERY nicely. Very bright finish. The valve covers are great because they are slightly taller, have no lip and are wider allowing more room on the valve area for our stud girdles. I am also cutting custom oil breather holes in them so they match on each side. Its going to look very sharp under the hood.
Finally – we have alot of stuff going on in our personal lives and many things we have planned around being able to race this Sunday. As is the case with drag racing, though, we have zero control of the weather. And this is a big deal because the weather report right now bookends Sunday with rain. Sunday is just supposed to be overcast. Overcast is good for racing, but you rarely see overcast with low humidity.
So here is to hoping that we get to take our shiny Firebird out in the spring air on Sunday with minimal delay and trouble. We’ll let you know.