finished upper radiator hose

[Raptor77Racer]

First i started by making some brakets out of 1/2" X 3" aluminum,cut it to 2 1/4" wide then drilled 1 3/4" hole for tube.

Here are the finished brackets

next you can see here all the parts that make up the upper radiator hose/tube.

After i welded the smaller pices of tube,the fun stuff starts!!!(Sanding lot and lots of sanding.

I started out with a mill file to get the weld down as far as i could then with 120 grit wet/dry sandpaper, i sanded everything in the same direction, wanting to get all scratches going the same way, then the same thing with 180,240,400,600.

Here is after 240 grit,only 3 more steps to go... YEA!!!!!!

After all the sanding was complete polished on buffer with green compound.

And with the miracle of the computer we have the finished radiator hose...all in all i have about 30 hours invested..

BUT IT SURE WAS WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!

 

Dont ya think???

[burgundyz71]

Real good job on that, looks awsome!!!!

[carneyman]

Oooh, pretty...I want one!

[Raptor77Racer]

Here's a couple pic's of the shroud that this will mount to.....

[Willys33]

All is can say is "WOW"! That looks great. You do very nice work. Mike