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  1. absmiami
    Dash is marvelous summer is just around the bend -have you manged to source an air con for the workshop ?? ive leaped back down a Delage rabbit hole - which remains on the Model Car section for the time being - and im about to do a whole lot of “engine turned finishing” on the project ….
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    Ive been sawing away on a 98 year old Delage grand prix car on the neighboring Model Cars thread …. The moderators have been asked to slide that thead over here - but they seem to be - er - asleep at the wheel …. Ill do some work on this engine once ive made some more progress on said Delage ...
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    You now have the added advantage of a removable wing for transport to shows, right ? ??
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    Slow going - but done - now to the intake manifolds and carbureters - per the photos all the back on pg 1 …. And the radiator core …
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    Left Banke …
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    Right bank …
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    And … another …
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    Well deserved …
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    Regarding the color of the magneto - buried back on page 5 - pre-pandemic - is an exchange between Pico (the “kit’s” creator and me on the topic …. He ponts out that the material is bakelite - which was an early plastic-like material w a red/brown hew - i failed to document how i came up with the color - i mixed something and something - can’t remember just what I ended up using - oops …
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    Right bank almost done …
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    Now the assembly - which requires feeding the plug wires through looms made fr -evergreen tube and rod …
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    Next - paint the tips fl white …
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    So the fix - this is optivisor stuff - was to wind some .08 wire and clip off a small peice To slip onto each plug - I’m sacrificing scale accuracy - but now these things look like spark plugs …
  14. absmiami
    The sp plugs wires clip to the tip of the plugs at right angles - per the engine bay photos way back in page 1 - so to get a secure atrachment i made some plugs fr .024 alu tubes- w an RB Motion nut - so i can secure the plug wires with a rivet that slides into these “plugs” - problem is - they don’t really look like spark plugs …
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    Wait ! I got those too !!
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    It is. Isnt it ?
  17. absmiami
    Thank you mr meat …
  18. absmiami
    FOR OUR INTREPID BOARD MEMBERS …. once youre done on saturday with you board maintenance- please slide this thread over to the other racing thread … gracias …
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    Thru a Becassa phone app - hope you like these …
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    After the ohio show - fill up the tank and drive it to salt lake city next may …
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    …. Installed …
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    Gracias magnetos …
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    Had to stop and go back to page 1. - Yup. This WAS an Impala …
  24. absmiami
    Next - the sump, the magnetoes, and/or mosquitoes - ….. and finally some spark plugs !
  25. absmiami
    So here’s Plan B - which uses individual lengths of solder - which will attach to the pump housing a little like the one to one …. But solder does not like glue - using CA - and i need to use a little xtra and limit handling after glueing …
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