Detailing
and photographs by Martin Siemion, August 1992
This is a photo
gallery collection of work done to detail a dilapidated engine bay and
352 FE in a 1963 Galaxie now owned by Martin Siemion. It is an effort to
create a nice looking engine bay. It is not a restoration of the engine
bay. A full restoration would require pulling everything out, disassembling
the front clip, overhauling the engine and replacing all the belts, hoses,
clamps, caps, plug wires, etc. with reproduction OEM type hardware. Still
, this project did require a high level of detail to get to the final result
pictured below. Eventually the radiator, expansion tank, water pump, hoses
and fuel pump were also removed for detailing. The non-expert person taking
a casual glance however would not notice much difference between the level
of detail shown here and a complete restoration. It took about a month
to complete in my spare time. Paint used for this project was PPG DP epoxy
primer topcoated with Delstar acrylic enamel with flattener and DXR-80
urethane hardener catalyst added. Engine paints were Plasti-Kote high temperature
engine paints - engine block black and valves covers/aircleaner old ford
blue.
Click on thumbnails
below for larger image. First four rows of photos are scanned at full size,
last row of photos scanned at twice size.
