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You are welcome - and you saved the best for last -
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Ive glued an Evergreen “L” strip - filed back on one side - into the opening - 2 lines ran within the channel on 362 for oil - i think - because the oil tank on the 16s was mounted behind the fuel tank - most 16’s did not have this channel - the lines ran ourside of the body work - this may have been a mod done by Halford - the privateer who campaigned this car in ‘59 … anyway - its a neat feature …
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Whilst a poke around looking for a spare Climax engine - I’ve opened a channel in the left side of the base plate - using a Tamiya scribing blade and a razor saw …
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This engine will just fit - as long I’m careful with the location of the engine mounts … and I’ll use different Webers- these are too big -
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I made this engine for an old project years ago - gotta find the castings … but this is what a Climax four looks like …
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This pic shows how the engine was mounted in the 16s - tilted down and to the left and rotated over - so the right hand cam box is close to the center line of the bonnet …
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16s used Climax engines - the DOHC fours - larger capacity than the Climax fours in the Lotus 12 - …. These engines were compact but relatively tall - so the sump sat in an opening in the base plate - and the engine was tilted so that the cylinder head cleared the bonnet line … and in the sixteen the dr shaft was placed to the left of the seat - to lower the driving position - so the engine pointed back to the left - Chapman had done this with the Vanwall chassis the year before - think he may have been the first to try this …
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Thats really cool …
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Still can’t glue the top frame part in yet - but now i can make the shocks - beginning with the Tamiya super seven kit parts …. And some old stock springs from somewhere in my parts stash .. i need to reduce slightly the height of the shock - giving me an excuse to make a better looking part …
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By adding .040 length to the frame legs - i’ve found enough space between the bottom wishbone and the top single link to place the spindles …. And the front of the frame still fits well within the profile of the bonnett …
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Which brought me to my Monty Python - “it’s just a flesh wound” moment …
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More work on the Tamiya frame/susp parts - they are difficult to mount to the base plate - due to the curve - once located, i saw that i had to increase the height ot the frame part carrying the top link - to allow adequate height for the spindles ….
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Cracking finish -
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Locating the Tamiya front susp part - to be glued into the baseplate - but not yet …
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And thanks to the Auction houses - their Lotus sports car and early open wheel auctions fill in the gaps left by - Douglas Nye - and others - wish i had Nye on speed dial - i think he would regret that, though …
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Thanks - And some credit to Tamiya - the Super seven kit is at least 30 yrs old - - - guess I’m gonna have a make a Lotus Seven also …
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Ill make the frame around the Tamiya susp parts - this gives me greater odds that my stance and wheelbase will be correct - the torsion bar faced forward on the first eight or so 16’s - including chass 362 - so the Tamiya kit parts can be used with little modification …
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On the baseplate casting i’ve opened holes left and right - these will be covered with blisters - the openings were made on all 16’s - allowing space for the base of the radiator -
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The shape and size of the suspension cut-outs on the resin castings are changed to accept the Tamiya parts - these openings will be closer to the actual openings on chass 362 …
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Some additions and corrections to the base plate and the engine cover … and that crack on the leading edge of the cover has re-appeared - not surprised - but i’ve added a strip of half round Evergreen - .040 - to the nose - and gouged out the crack with a Tamiya tool to get some more CA into the crack - this should do it -
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The 16 - in its 1958 form - used suspension componemts developed from the Lotus 7. These were changed on the 16 into 1959 - but as I get a bit further into this build i am inclined to make chass 362 - which is a 1958 test car that was driven by Clark in his first test with Lotus - Clark did not compete in the 16 - his first comp with Lotus was aboard the 18 - chass 362 was sold to a privateer for use in 1959 - and has been restored and recently auctioned in its privateer livery - so my choice of chass 362 allows me to “borrow” some susp parts fr the Tamiya Lotus super 7 kit - and I’ll use any excuse to build a Jimmy Clark driven Lotus…
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Question - while the site is off line to migrate to a new server - should I remain under moderate sedation ??
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Jaguar XK120 Race Car
in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
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