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clean it up, bondo it up, and throw some paint at it. Belt sander would work too, but it wouldn't be much fun, and youd have to do the entire top to make it look right.
I would but it doesn't fit under the stock hood on my 67 Camaro
Originally Posted by LS1-IROC
Shouldn't be too much money to have it machined off. Would take about 5 minutes to do with a face mill. Where are you located?
Ya but my inner cheap sake just cant bring myself to do it. I am in CA by the way.
Originally Posted by slocaddy
Grinder with a flap wheel??
YUP that's the winner well combed with my belt sander.
I started screwing around last night with it for a few minutes.. tried my little hand held belt sander, it works but will take forever. so I started using a bastard File, it works faster than the belt sander did but I have too much ADD to do it by hand.
I tried a 2" roloc in 180 grit ( I think, just grabbed the first one I say lying around) and it polished it more than it removed any material.
then I got stupid and grabbed my grinder and a flap disc and it started really buzzing through it. I think that's how I am going to proceed and then just use the belt sander once it's closer to smooth it out.
Thank you for the input, I will post some pics when im done
Hit it with a normal grinding wheel, careful not to go past it, then hit it with flapper sanding wheel, then belt sand and hand sand smooth any imperfections. Thats how I would do it. I bet 2-3 hours and you could get it done.
Flap wheels tend to hold the Aluminum and stops sanding/cutting . It can gum them up pretty bad.
I've ground loads of aluminium with flap wheels, it tears it away in no time. I've never had an issue with them ever. Hell even when the flap wheel is near done, it still eats the metal away no problem.
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