Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
OK. I decided I couldn't wait and made the trek to the nearest Harbor Freight (50 miles away).
I picked up some wheels and compound so that I could continue on with the engine compartment. I keep hearing horror stories about snow on it's way and I can't afford to let things sit for weeks while I wait for supplies. Progress is slow enough the way it is.
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I tried to photograph the front panel with a portion of the polish job started. Sometimes it's difficult to see the change because the buffed area acts like a mirror. I am such a cheapskate at times. The aluminum that I'm using has one side painted and a brushed finish on the other. It's time consuming to make it smooth. If I just spent the bucks to buy new polished sheets things would be so much easier.
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It took me almost 2 hours to finish buffing the first piece. - And I haven't done the final polish on it yet. I'll most likely be up all night trying to finish all of the pieces.
Looks good , '67 Cuda. If tired of running the 100 mile round trip to Harbor, a small company named Dico polishing products , are occasionally stocked at Ace & True Value hardware. As for giving up ? Not a chance, in hell. The hood is on, trying to clean lots of odds and ends up.
