...the little details

[Petrograde]

well,.. last weekend I spent some quality time under the hood of my MM. There was a lot of yellow plastic lettering looking at me.

It's not yellow anymore! I don't know why I hadn't thought of this before.

http://www.mercurygallery.net/mmnet/data/500/1111DSC01819-med.JPG

I haven't painted the steering pump resevoir cap yet,.. I'll get to it

[Bigdogjim]

Matches the other work you have done, looks good:up:

[Petrograde]

Thanks BigDog,

oh yeah,.. for the throttle cable cover and dipstick; I used Krylon Fusion (for plastics) it has worked very well so far!

and for painting the letters on the caps I used Testors Dark Ford Blue enamel model paint and a fine tipped paint brush.

[jgc61sr2002]

Looks good. :D :up:

[MarauderMark]

Looks good. :D :up:


Damn good!!That blue looks better on there than the yellow and makes it more comfortable on the eyes as well .good job. Gotta get the power steering cover to.

[NAVCHAP]

Looks great, always appreciate the success of others here, inspires me to do yet another upgrade to my MM. Thanks! -kjs-

[Krytin]

and for painting the letters on the caps I used Testors Dark Ford Blue enamel model paint and a fine tipped paint brush.

and now I know why you call it "the other woman"!

It looks beautiful - nice work!

[Petrograde]

and now I know why you call it "the other woman"!

I don't call her that,... my wife does. :P She coined that phrase. Now ya know why,.. hehe,.. I've also been known to put the car on jack stands and pull the wheels so I can polish the fender wells. :o

Just so y'all know,.. this isn't exactly a fast mod. the oil cap took about 40 minutes to paint. The power steering cover will take longer... those are not raised letters. :rolleyes: they are stenciled or painted on.

The windshield washer cap was easy, those are raised letters.

Concerning paint color: There are several shades of Ford Blue. Keep that in mind when trying to color match. I've been lucky! :cool:

[Mike Poore]

and now I know why you call it "the other woman"! It looks beautiful - nice work!Yeh, but how does she look in the morning? ;)

That's really a nice job, and it looks great.

I ordered a set of the coil covers from Ray, and am trying to decide what to do about the valve covers. I'm thinking a VERY dark burgandy. (perhaps a little darker shade than GordonB's DTR):dunno:

Whatever, it's gotta look good with Silver Birch.

[SergntMac]

The shade of blue I see at this end is very bright, but I believe it's just my monitor and video card. Very nice attention to detail, Tom, very niiiice.

[Petrograde]

I ordered a set of the coil covers from Ray, and am trying to decide what to do about the valve covers. I'm thinking a VERY dark burgandy. (perhaps a little darker shade than GordonG's DTR):dunno:

Whatever, it's gotta look good with Silver Birch.

Mike,.. that sounds pretty cool, the contrast would look great.

BTW- have you thought about S-55 style tail light in Silver Birch? I think that would look great! :up:

I've got a spare set of coil covers, I'm thinking chrome with Wes' coil cover plate in blue with a silver Gods Head.

You're right Sarge, the color is actually darker, but my camera won't quite pick up the color. Maury took a picture at a NTM meet that actually shows the color.

..and thanks for the nice words y'all!! :up:

[martyo]

Tom: Nice job!

I do think you have too much time on your hands. Want to come to my office and do some clerical work?

[Petrograde]

I am skilled in MS Office, I know how to use the 'collate' function on copiers. and,.. can make a damn fine pot of coffee! :P

I charge $22.04/ hour for my time Marty.

I do not pick up dry cleaning, or run other personal errands. :lol:

[ncmm]

I must say the Ford Blue is looking good under the hood:cool:

[TAF]

That looks EXCELLENT Tom!!! :up:

[Patrick]

Very impressive!!!!!!!! :high5: :high5:

[martyo]

That looks EXCELLENT Tom!!! :up:

Tom: Let me translate that ^^^ for you.

What it really says is, "That looks EXCELLENT Tom, if I send you my parts, can you paint them red to match my valve covers?