Thanks again for all the compliments everybody! Im proud of the way it turned out, Kirbyguy, its funny that you should mention the ebayer Kirbyfans because hes the one im getting the motor o-ring and the new rug plate gasket from, he seems to have alot of parts. I buffed it on my 1 1/2hp buffing wheel using brown tripoli first, then white rouge for the final cut and polish, its a two wheel machine so I didnt mix up the two different compounds. The original metal fan has been replaced with an 11 blade lexan or kevlar blade, probably when it was converted from the old headlight switch to the one on the motor housing in front. I found that by using a very very light touch I was able to buff the rubber bag guard at the bottom and the one at the top of the bag to a very nice shine so they look almost new. I also very lightly buffed the headlight lens the same way and turned out pretty clear and shiny.I have already replaced the vis a window and the blue headlight bumper with nos parts, they were chewed up and the old vis window had a nice circle melted into the center of it.lol All in all I would have to guesstimate that i have about 20 hours into it, most of that being the buffing process which I actually did twice, because it wasnt shiney enough for me after the first time. lol
Dustin, thats quite a generous offer, and I would very much like to take the Omega off your hands and finish it up. I would of course let you see the after pics, that would go without saying. You can email me, my email is in my profile, and we can set up a time so that I could pick it up, Jackson isnt far from me. The classic lll model is another of my favorites, the aluminum with red trim is really good look togather, the Omega looks the same just brown. I would love to work on it. Thanks,
Bob
