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Re: Valve Cover Colors
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BigKev
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Kevin,

They look really good. Now much did the powder coating cost you? I need to start looking for a place as I want to powder coat various pieces.

Us straight eight guys dont have those nice Rocker Covers. The closest thing we have is on the side of the engine and covered a hot exhaust manifold!!!


Posted on: 2007/6/8 22:51
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Re: Valve Cover Colors
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Big Kev,

The powder coating wasn't too expensive because I have a large blast cabinet in my shop and I clean all my parts prior to delivery to the powder-coater.

Last trip to the powder-coater was $125. This is what got coated for that price. (Had I had to pay for the blasting of the parts it would have been more expensive)
- Air breather (2parts)
- (4) valve covers
- all parts to the heater core assembly
-battery tray
- '56 styled spark plug holders
and some other small parts I can't seem to think of at the moment.

It will cost you more each time you change your powder coating colors too (set-up). I have yet to have any parts colored anything but 60% black.

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Posted on: 2007/6/9 10:36
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Re: Valve Cover Colors
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Thanks for the info. I need to get myself a blast cabinet at some point.

I would like to powder coat all the supension and steering parts.

Posted on: 2007/6/9 17:24
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Re: Valve Cover Colors
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Does anyone know what colors the Packard v8's were for '55-'56 Nash and Hudsons? The '55's were the 320, and the '56's had the 352. Thanks.

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Re: Valve Cover Colors
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I rarely disagree with Mr. Dyneto, but I have an original chrome valve pan cover in original box and the script is painted red. I have heard of several others painted red. I haven't made up my mind whether I like it or not, but if I do like it, then I have procured a rubber roller that a printer would user for inks and I would pick up the paint on the roller and go across the top of the script and then carefully clean up my mistakes. It adds a dash of color, but not too much. I'm still debating.
By the way, Packard did a lousy job of chrome-plating those covers. Mine were new in the box and I would have rejected them from a plater.

Posted on: 2007/6/10 15:37
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Re: Valve Cover Colors
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Randy,

Can you post a pic of those valve covers with red script. I cannot say that I've ever seen anything such as those.

Kevin
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Posted on: 2007/6/10 17:40
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Re: Valve Cover Colors
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For a member of the V8 Packard club? Sure. It is the same lousy chroming job that is on my other two. The numbers on the label look as though it had been written over perhaps to make them more legible, and some klutz wrote valve below the word cover.

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Posted on: 2007/6/10 23:47
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Re: Valve Cover Colors
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I also have a nos chrome valve cover with red script that is still in the box.

Posted on: 2007/6/12 18:41
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