I know this sounds wrong and goes against what everyone thinks they know about vintage shaker hood scoops, but I'm going to tell you anyway.
I had an R code Mach 1 back in the mid through late 80's. It was black and I thought the shaker scoop would look good all shined up. I took it to a professional polishing business to buff it to a brilliant shine for me.
When I picked it up it looked great IMO. Then the polisher dropped a little random bomb on me. He said, "By the way, this isn't made out of aluminum, it's made with magnesium".
I always wondered about that and have never heard it said anytime since. So... I'm just letting you know what he told me. He seemed to be certain, though I'm not sure how he came to that conclusion.
Edit: He called it something else, not aluminum or magnesium, some sort of combo alloy that sounds more like magnesium.
I had an R code Mach 1 back in the mid through late 80's. It was black and I thought the shaker scoop would look good all shined up. I took it to a professional polishing business to buff it to a brilliant shine for me.
When I picked it up it looked great IMO. Then the polisher dropped a little random bomb on me. He said, "By the way, this isn't made out of aluminum, it's made with magnesium".
I always wondered about that and have never heard it said anytime since. So... I'm just letting you know what he told me. He seemed to be certain, though I'm not sure how he came to that conclusion.
Edit: He called it something else, not aluminum or magnesium, some sort of combo alloy that sounds more like magnesium.