Looking for racey(yeah, in that sense of the word), sexy, valve cover for the 1992 B35 engine that rests in my '72 Bavaria. Prefer photos by email or PM.
thanks
Steve ONeill
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Steve ONeill
WTB a Valve Cover
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Thanks Don, I am looking for one that is unusual, hard to find the right words as I know nothing about the engines of the 90s. Are there M car valve covers? Even with a little more bling. If I can't find something I like I will at least add a chrome oil filler cap. A start?
Is this what you are looking for Steve? I made this one out of an E3 valve cover just as a decoration for the wall of my "man cave". Pretty easy with some black crinkle paint and some fine sandpaper on a block to sand the paint off the high spots.
Dick, yours is certainly an imporvment over mine. But I am looking for something that you don't see when you lift the hood of the typical 90s BMW. Perhaps what I am looking for does not exist. If so I would go for a cover like yours with a chrome oil filler cap. In my photo I can't see the Roundel. Is it there under the injection unit?
Don, I looked at yours again. There are two plain metal on the top shelf and one on the middle shelf. Would any of those fit? I think we are getting close.
jmackro
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Well, yes, but tell us about the picture of the young man with the Model A and the Offy valve cover.
Jay,
That's me. Summer, 1966, Central Washington State College, Ellensburg, WA. I bought the A in pieces during high school and restored it. It was my daily driver. After HS graduation in 1965, a buddy and I quit our summer jobs early and drove from Tacoma to Southern California (the center of the West Coast car scene) and back in it. Lots of other long distance jaunts with it. Including, shortly after this picture was taken, to the San Francisco Bay Area for a move and change of colleges.
The valve cover is a pair of many in my collection. These are CalCustom small block Chevy. The straight across hold down holes indicate 1957 or older (265/early 283)
That's me. Summer, 1966, Central Washington State College, Ellensburg, WA. I bought the A in pieces during high school and restored it. It was my daily driver. After HS graduation in 1965, a buddy and I quit our summer jobs early and drove from Tacoma to Southern California (the center of the West Coast car scene) and back in it. Lots of other long distance jaunts with it. Including, shortly after this picture was taken, to the San Francisco Bay Area for a move and change of colleges.
The valve cover is a pair of many in my collection. These are CalCustom small block Chevy. The straight across hold down holes indicate 1957 or older (265/early 283)
Steve, you already have the same valve cover that we use there’s not much else you can do to it unless you put on a new oil cap
One could polish the heck out of a valve cover.
Would look different. I've seen it done once. It had definitly "uniqueness" to it.
Would look different. I've seen it done once. It had definitly "uniqueness" to it.
stphers
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Powder coat it How bout a gold color or a translucent color? You should look at Prismatic powders and see the selection in both colors and textures
Thanks, Rick
Thanks, Rick