What's your opinion on painting a 727 vs leaving it bare. Pros and cons
Show car then huh?Trans has been rebuilt and I got a deep pan for it. Plan on painting the pan black, not a fan of chrome.
Im thinking about shooting some epoxy primer on it. Paint makes it easy to clean compared to the bare aluminum.
Show car then huh?
Painting over chrome? LOL, good luck!
Cleaning a transmission pan? Whew!
I remove the casting flash and imperfections, glass bead the case and then paint with high heat engine enamel clear. They look awesome and are easy to clean up. I try to keep things as stock looking as possible.
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And look how sexy it looks!I always paint mine. I mean really if you have it out for rebuild what's an extra $10 in material and hour of time.
I remove the casting flash and imperfections, glass bead the case and then paint with high heat engine enamel clear. They look awesome and are easy to clean up. I try to keep things as stock looking as possible.
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LOL. I grind the casting flash because I work on my own cars and dont like reaching up around the trans and tearing my hands on ****, or getting hung up on things. The torqueflite castings are very rough around the top, at least the ones that I have worked on. Call me a wussy. Over the last few years in the interest of improving things or going faster I have had the engine and or trans out at least once a year.All looks like a big fat waste of time to me. Grind the casting flash off? Really? Just another hour of your life you'll never get back.
I mean really, how many miles do you guys drive? How many of you even still drive in the rain? A freshly rebuilt automatic transmission should go 100k miles unless it's in a race car. And if it's in a race car it won't be there long enough to get dirty. So more than likely if you install a fresh rebuilt transmission you'll either never see it again or it will still be clean when you do.
I mean sure, they look nice. But why waste the time? If you have to rebuild it again, it takes 5 minutes to pressure wash one. Chrome don't get you home.
This is funny. There isn't one stock thing about doing any of that. If you're trying to keep it stock looking, you shouldn't touch the outside beyond cleaning it. That like all the "factory restorations" that have 100% top coat paint coverage on the bottom of the car. Uh, yeah, they never did that.
LOL. I grind the casting flash because I work on my own cars and dont like reaching up around the trans and tearing my hands on ****, or getting hung up on things. The torqueflite castings are very rough around the top, at least the ones that I have worked on. Call me a wussy. Over the last few years in the interest of improving things or going faster I have had the engine and or trans out at least once a year.
You are right, nothing is factory, but I am partial to the factory look, the way Chrysler put things together which is why I glass bead to make it look clean and factory, and clear to keep it from oxidizing. I do the same with 4 speeds.
The other reason I do all of this is because I take pride in the work I do, in this hobby, and it makes me feel good to stand back and look at it and feel it is well done, not just a greasy pile of parts that is thrown together.
That being said, I do respect your opinions and am not arguing, just sharing my reasons.
My car, my choice. Your car, your choice. It's all good, guys! The point is to enjoy our cars, however that comes about, which varies from one person to the next. I thinks it's kinda fun when the car is up on a lift at buddies garage, to walk around underneath and look at all the shiny, clean stuff while drinking some beers. Any cars of mine will never be trailer queens but that doesn't mean I can't make 'em prettier and more corrosion-resistant on the undercarriage than they were when built at the factory. They were just cars back then.
Cheers!
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