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    The pipes bolt to the deck on flanges - made fr .015 x .080 strip - glued to the deck - followed by gluing in the left side cyl head bolts - these are RB Motion acorn nuts … on to the right side of the deck …
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    The pipes are slender - this first one is a bit overscale but seems to look okay within the head -
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    The cyl head deck has two water pipes - the return / on the right - and the intake - from the pump which is mounted behind the generator on the left hand side of the block … to the left hand side of the deck - wrestling with how to make the pipes - brass might be best - but I’m trying to carve them out ot Evergreen strip first …
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    Great stuff
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    Matt - find a way to get to Florida next year in March for the concourses and a side trip to Rev’s and Brumos …. Tour guides available - for, of course, a small charge .. Rev’s is displaying their Delage this month with bonnet off - but i won’t post the eng shots unless you jump the shark … there is plenty to keep you busy in the driver’s compartment …
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    The through bolts that attach the head to the block ring the deck of the cyl head - and appear to use some sort of acorn nut fastener - the engine used twin plugs - so I’ve marked guide lines for the center and approximate plug hole locations - 12 plug holes and 14 holes for the head bolts - this took a while -
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    The cyl head still needs alot of work - rob Bentley’s smallest bolts have short stems - so it takes some practice to use them - without losing them - i’m trying different schemes - with some success …
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    We interrupt this thread to bring you a Scarab - for no particular reason -
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    From the Walter Baumer collection - with his permission …. You can tell that the wheels have been painted white - even in the bl wh photo …. Thank you Dave B - and thanks to Mr Baumer …
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    Dave fr way down under has had me thinking for months …
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    Correct. -it was Dave B fr down under …
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    Note to Bainford per above Mr. Baeumer - fr :: www.InternationalMaseratiResearch.com has come thru for me - you are most certainly correct about your declaration on the finish of the wheels for my Sebring Maserati ... well done ...
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    The rack was made fr Evergreen L shaped strip and a plastic tube about .050 in dia - thats a .025 length of plastic rod running thru - that will be the tie rod … the flex section on either end is made from mini rubber O rings …
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    First i had to make the vertical frame members that carried the rack …. The Tamiya steering rod is in place to mark the point of attachment for the rack ..
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    When Gooding posts photos for their auctions - they don’t mess around - this is a steering rack assembly on a Lotus 11 - basically the same as the steering assembly on the Lotus 16 - Chapman was an early adoptor of rack n pinion steering -
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    The steering link / rod fr the Tamiya kit - gonna use the ends to make posable steering …
  19. absmiami
    Thanks Bainford - doing some more work on the A6GCS - you mentioned on the thread that the Sebring entry sported white painted wheels - is that fr the book on the marque ? Curious …
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    Yup
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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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