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  1. absmiami
    That was fun Have another …
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    Messing around with the artsy photo app on my phone. Hope you don’t mind …
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    Heroin. Spellings not so good after m /nite …
  4. absmiami
    Well its way better than heroine
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    Ummm. Copper. Mr Wingrove’s weapon of choice …
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    Thought you’d like that - it’s a spare parts special sporting two M.A.G. Motorcycle engines - I think these are over 90 years old - and the bits and pieces are lashed to what’s left of an Austin Seven chassis - with a very brave builder / driver … the Brits have ALL the fun …
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    YUP
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    well - if one vintage motorcycle engine in your trials car isnt enough - how about two ?? I've been smitten by The Maggot these wonderful pix were taken by Stefan Marjoram, a very talented English photographer and sketch artist ... his work can be found on Flickr, Instagram, or his very own website ...
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    Bitsandpieces …
  10. absmiami
    Timing is everything …. Sotheby’s is auctioning a 1 of 6 250 GT Berlinetta - these pix were grabbed from the excellent Silodrome site …. This car has the early Colombo engine that I’m making - differences are the ribbed valve covers and the up front magneto location - nice car !!
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    Yup. I can even see it on my I phone …. !!
  12. absmiami
    So after a while I’m staring at the Weber - and the Weber is staring back at me …. so I took a break and made a plug wire loom from a strip on .060 Evergreen channel. It’s close to scale - maybe just a little large - scraped the shape that I needed w an Xacto blade and drilled the plug wire holes and liquid glued the sucker to the valve cover - there is just enough space at the end for 6 .011 plug wires - opening might not be large enough for .013 wires - not sure …
  13. absmiami
    Removed as much of the excess resin as I could - and replacing some of the master’s features - as much detail as I can stand - those small bolt heads are .015 RB Motion alu - that’s about as small as I will mess with - actually Mr Bentley makes some stuff that is smaller - which goes to dark places …
  14. absmiami
    First I sawed one Weber apart from the casting … the master clearly had a lot detail …
  15. absmiami
    Tears notwithstanding - this is a shot of the carbs on the Spyder Corsa ….
  16. absmiami
    Any threaders own an Alps printer ? Mr Guthmiller needs some engine bay stickers …
  17. absmiami
    Actually - this really cries out for a 3D printed Weber 40DCL carburetor. - Just sayin …
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    Carb quandary: The Barchetta used 3 Weber Down-draft carburetors - this was also standard for the Spyder Corsas and the early 166 Formula II cars …. The UMI kit part began with masters for the carbs which were obviously intricate and very accurate - their source will probably remain a mystery - but the casting was not very precise - a lot of the carb detail was lost - I’m going to cut the castings in to three parts and see how much of the intricate detail I can recover - and I carved a groove into the casting so that the individual carbs can be slid into the cylinder head when I’m done - this will also open space in the top of the block for the plugs - the engine had “center” plugs - entering the cyl head inside rather than outside of the cyl head -
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    Added the cap nut housings at the ends of the valve cover and added the cover for the timing chain case at the front - that was sawed off of the Reps and Mins valve cover - it has some very intricate bolt detail that would be very difficult to make … and used a diamond bur to open the hole at the back of the block and the valve cover - that’s for the magneto support base …
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    Can you make up some engine bay stickers - or does anyone make them ? Nice door locks … white vinyl - was virtually impossible to clean white vinyl tops on the one- to-ones - believe me …
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    Marked and drilled holes for .031 alu tube - RB Motion’s smallest cap nuts will fit into the tubing - more sanding and filing …
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    Time for the valve covers - the early Colombo engines did not have ribs across the center - in fact the first bunch didn’t even have badging - but the Barchettas had a small badge - the bolt pattern was the same - but the housings don’t stand away from the profile of the casting much … and the profile of the casting is a little different …
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    Very nice - out of kuriosity- how long did the resin last before “aging” ??
  25. absmiami
    Worked really well send these photos to Mr Indycals - Michael Potrero …
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