In the process of rebuilding my MkIV's 1500 I find myself bead blasting
and repainting a lot of parts.
I took one look at the valve cover and knew how it must be repainted.
It was destined to have a Union Jack flag covering it.
Ironically enough, the thought came to me while watching King Arthur.
You know, that movie that John Goodman is in where he becomes the king
of england? Well in the beginning during the funeral procession for the
mock royal family that was killed during the photo shoot, the caskets
are being brought out with english flags draped over them. I was
sitting back in the couch and suddenly it came to me - those caskets
looked an awful lot like a valve cover, and it was silently decided
then.
So after six hours of meticulously applying red, white, and blue paint,
I have a union jack covering the entire valve cover. I am putting on a
few coats of clear coat on it now. I know it'll probably burn off once
I run the thing for some good distance from the shear heat but I'm going
to take lots of pictures of it before I start it so I can remember it.
Has anyone else thought of a Union Jack valve cover?
eric
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