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Roger Baker 2	11/08/2018 07:51:54
16 forum posts	Hi All What did they call the process of producing the polished aluminium dash panels with overlapping circles? Roger
JasonB	11/08/2018 07:54:40
25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles	"Engine turning" is one name for it.
Don Cox	11/08/2018 07:54:52
63 forum posts	Engine turning.
Hopper	11/08/2018 08:06:03
7881 forum posts 397 photos	Jewelling is another term for it.
Russell Eberhardt	11/08/2018 09:58:27
2785 forum posts 87 photos	Well, according to Wheatley and Morgan's classic, "The restoration of Vintage and Thoroughbred Cars" it's called mottling. Russell
Kiwi Bloke	11/08/2018 12:04:40
912 forum posts 3 photos	Tasteful in moderation, vulgar in excess. The Americans just love it!
Roger Baker 2	11/08/2018 12:24:24
16 forum posts	Thanks guys. My late father used to do some of it. He was a Motor Body Builder and one of two companies in OZ reccomended by the Rolls Royce car club. I remember he and his leading hand using an English Wheel making a mudguard for a 20's Hispano Suiza from a photograph. Roger
Adrian Giles	11/08/2018 22:25:45
70 forum posts 26 photos	Crikey!, what was the photograph made of then!😄 I'll get my coat
Mick B1	11/08/2018 22:33:25
2444 forum posts 139 photos	Posted by Adrian Giles on 11/08/2018 22:25:45: Crikey!, what was the photograph made of then!😄 I'll get my coat Perhaps it was a tintype.
Meunier	12/08/2018 21:33:17
448 forum posts 8 photos	Have also seen it described as 'snailing' DaveD

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