Originally Posted by Kestas
When I worked for one of the auto manufacturers in the 80s, they had a task force called the Underhood Appearance Group, making sure the parts manufactured didn't look too odd when the hood is lifted. They didn't like the Prussian blue used on the cast aluminum master cylinders being built. It was there for crack detection during manufacture.
I guess they gave up and just went with an engine cover.
For two cars in my stable I took the engine covers off and put them on the shelf. They'll go back on when I sell the car.
Considering the troubling trend of tight underhood space and designers having more trouble trying to shed heat from the engine, and specifying more heat resistant materials, cars would be better off without these covers.
Didn't Bill Alexander recommend using Alizarin Crimson instead?
;^)
He was the guy who taught Bob Ross how to paint, went from being a German POW in WWII to having a PBS painting show.
I remember him hollering exuberantly about spreading his magic vhite on the canvas with ein grossus brush!
I always wondered if he favored Prussian Blue because of his ancestry...
When I worked for one of the auto manufacturers in the 80s, they had a task force called the Underhood Appearance Group, making sure the parts manufactured didn't look too odd when the hood is lifted. They didn't like the Prussian blue used on the cast aluminum master cylinders being built. It was there for crack detection during manufacture.
I guess they gave up and just went with an engine cover.
For two cars in my stable I took the engine covers off and put them on the shelf. They'll go back on when I sell the car.
Considering the troubling trend of tight underhood space and designers having more trouble trying to shed heat from the engine, and specifying more heat resistant materials, cars would be better off without these covers.
Didn't Bill Alexander recommend using Alizarin Crimson instead?
;^)
He was the guy who taught Bob Ross how to paint, went from being a German POW in WWII to having a PBS painting show.
I remember him hollering exuberantly about spreading his magic vhite on the canvas with ein grossus brush!
I always wondered if he favored Prussian Blue because of his ancestry...