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The carbureters were painted Tamiya mica silver and glued to the manifolds - they sit next to the chassis rails and nearly disappear once the engine is in - just a few more engine parts …

Thoughts: if Court of the Crimson King is your favorite rock album - its well chosen … thought II. Everyone should try to build a 1/8 sc kit at least once - if you mess up ANYTHING - it looks like a toy - would enjoy seeing you tackle the 8th sc Lotus 72 kit - could i tempt you to back date the C spec kit to build the red, gold, and white Series 1 model …. ?? That would be fun …

Gracias

More carbs and the first of two lines leading from the hand pump below the dash to the manifolds … used to prime the engine per the pg 1 Leno video … Hi Jay …

Thanks for your post these two shots were taken at Amelia 5 yrs ago - by 1950, the French no longer were racing vanguard - understandable - given the events of the previous 12 years - In 1925, the French were at the point- the absolute cutting edge - the 2LCV V12 is the engine that Enzo studied carefully …. and 1925 must be considered a critical yr for the development of the race car - where huge strides were made by Miller, Deusenberg, Delage, Alfa Romeo… maserati was taking baby steps …

I may not get one … after Delage requested the deposit funds - my bank responded : REALLY ???

This ! its the new Delage Supercar - the D12 - they are making 30 - so grab yours today !

So it’s time to finish the engine - making the carbs - one for each cyl bank - they are perched under the manifolds and are - once the engine is installed - onscured by the chassis rails - oh well … this particular 2LCV ran the early season races without the superchargers - this is the spec for the restored car … and i took a break after - after watching the Miami Grand Prix … got all worked up and decided to put down a deposit on …..

Lap belts ??

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See you next year at Sebring… or Amelia Island … im buying …

For the benefit of those poor souls who live in the land locked regions of our great country (I’m so sorry) - THIS is what a real boat marina looks like ! AND - THOSE are REAL boats !! My apologies - on behalf of all of us south floridians - for the gross spectacle foisted upon race fans by Liberty Media and Stephen Ross - we’ll probably never live this down -

GREETINGS FROM SUNNY MIAMI !!! taking a moment from toiling on my 97 year old grand prix car to post these lovely pictures ….

Sigh …

Gracias the suspension leaves are wrapped in thread - europe’s race circuits were not yet paved in 1925 - used black thread - but probably should have used white or beige- anyway - i brushed on shades of brown, grey, and oil stain - this will be a neat contrast with the polished and machine turned finish of the body work ….

Just kidding - was gonna but tickets but the finance minister (Mrs) informed me that we could not miss a mortgage payment …

Does anyone want my tickets to the Miami Grand Prix ? I’m busy Sunday …

Thought this was the right time for a mock-up - needed to know if i had the ride height nailed - i’m pretty close - within a scale inch - i can make a small adjustment to the wheelbase and the fr and rear tracks … but at least i know that nothing is crooked

it's occurred to me that you just like making stuff ...

Mocking up the rear suspension - the paint is Ukraine air force blue - and trimming the ends of The axle to nail the wheelbase - and winding thread around the leaf springs - these will finished in a dark hemp color…

I guess I’d better find out what a Yoshida painting is - dont start the Barchetta kits yet - im getting the correct engine cast - should be available by the late summer - check my UMI Barchetta build thread later in the summer and/or my thread on “old racing engines” - ill post shots of the castings as soon as i get them …

Always nice to see Herb Deeks’ wire wheel set - these have been surpassed by the printed wheels but im temped to use the set that came with my vintage UMI Ferrari kit …

The comeback kid ?

Now it’s done …