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Originally Posted by eimkeith View Post
Wouldn't be historically accurate; the homologated example was a cast base/machined cap like this. (And I think the cast part looks terrific on a vintage car, honestly.)


keith.

(sent from my rotary dial phone.)
Thats a fact.
Tremendous work. leading edge stuff.

(Not to thread hijack, but I just watched a "*****in Rides" episode about a '59 big American boat (can't remember the model) project that showed a trip to a foundry. They fabbed up a part for the custom grill, and had multiples cast. Really cool to see the casting process. They are in SLC, and said they were going "Down the street", but, I don't think foudrys are in every town!
Is it a common thing for you to have a part cast or is this the first? Expensive? (I'd think)

I was surprised at the amount of labor it took to set up each pour for the batch they had done.

Anyway, the surface finish looks killer.
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