Jay,I picked up one of these valve covers and was told at a Sunbeam
Northwest meet that it was to do with the Le Mans racing - maybe they made a
batch to commemorate the Thermal Efficiency Award - anyway I had mine
polished at a shop and I clean it with metal polish - either a cream or a
soft cotton pad.
Also Jay, there is snow on them there hills !! Ski you - Tony
>At the CAT swap meet this weekend, I picked up one of those valve covers
>that says "Sunbeam" on it and has an "S" in the diamond, with rounded
>corners, on top. Does anyone know what cars had these covers as stock?
>>From looking at a number of pictures, there does not seem to be a clear
>standard. If anything, it seems the earlier cars said "Sunbeam", but
>didn't have the "S", or even the raised diamond. Most later cars had a
>raised rectangle where the "Sunbeam" goes and the raised diamond, but no
>"S". A few later cars, Series IV and on had the valve cover with both.
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>Also, how does one clean and polish the cover? It cleaned up pretty well
>by hand with Softscrub and then some paint polishing compound I have.
>But, there are still dark spots or stains on it. Maybe some fine wet/dry
>paper then polishing compound? I saw some covers down in San Diego
>cleaned up by Smitty. I was told he put a clear coat on them. That
>suggests that he also painted the covers. I think the local auto parts
>store carries "aluminum" paint. But, I don't know how this will hold up
>to heat, and, if I can treat the aluminum, I'd rather do that. Lastly, is
>a power polisher really required?
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>Thanks for any thoughts.
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>Jay Laifman
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