Project: BLACK METAL - '67 Camaro

[67rally]

I have been looking at different valve covers to finish off the engine. I like the look of these, but maybe painting them the same red as my engine block, and then sanding the paint off the word Chevrolet.:


In the meantime, I picked up a set of valve covers identical to mine on eBay for $22 so I could experiment, and decide if I like the red valve covers. Here's the passenger side one:


Driver's side after degreasing. I screwed it to a piece of scrap wood and clamped my bench vice onto the wood:


With the bosses roughly cut off using a thin cutoff wheel and angle grinder:


With the bosses smoothed using a flap sanding wheel:




I filled the remaining holes with metal epoxy and sanded them smooth:


A coat of Duplicolor engine paint primer:


And a coat of Duplicor Red engine paint. The gloss really brought out the imperfections in the valve covers, as well as in my grinding job. If I were going to keep these, I think I'd strip them back down and do a better job of filling/sanding:


I decided to paint the two grooves silver (actually aluminum color), so I taped off the valve covers:




And hit the stripes with some aluminum colored engine paint. I had to go back and touch up some spots with a brush, but they came out alright. Not a masterpiece by any means. But I'll toss these on the engine for a couple of weeks and see how they look.