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Top of the engine is busy - making fuel line fittings and attaching the lines to the fuel distributor first - the lines are the MFH small lines - outside dia is about .018 - good stuff - the fittings are made fr .013 nickel wire - and i marked up some thin alu sheet for the tray that fits over the top of the Webers - this tray is smaller than the trays used on the later Cobra coupes

Rich - do you ever lose one ?

I’m finding that Molotow thickens a bit in its container - so its drying time is slower when applied by brush - the same stuff - when applied by airbrush w thinner - low pressure / quick passes / thin coat - seems to work well with about a day to dry and limited handling - per the Cobra valve cover in this shot …

Yellow sparkplug wire and .005 steel wire …. and some flat clear coat … Soon ….

Just a thought fr an old guy who owned a ‘73 (w a cream colored vinyl top - don’t ask) - this will be the last or next to last Charger with a piston engine - think the coupe will be VERY collectible - and wait til you see the dealer’s premium - ooph - ill take mine in dark blue …

Cast must be off count your fingers ??

Think UMM sells some scrapers like these - gotta ch out their site this weekend - maybe they sell ice scrapers too ??

Im not too exact on my dilution - try thinning until it has the appearance and sustance of alclad … but it definitely needs thinning to air brush …

The Weber carb castings have fine detail - allowing additional drilling for fuel line hardware and some added throttle linkage …

Available bl and wh photos suggest that 2287 used individual fuel lines running fr the fuel line sending unit to the Webers - thats doable with some mods to the kit casting - will use the MFH fuel line - their smallest line - featured on their 24th sc Porsche kits - is great stuff - but you have to use .012 brass rod for the nipples - anything else is too large for the MFH line …

The top of the eng bay on 2287 - shot at the Simeone - although 2287 is famously unrestored - frequent changes were made in the eng compartment after Sebring - thru the end of its comp life …. One change that i am confident of concerns the routing of the fuel lines ….

We’re always searching for a good chrome finish - i’ve been using Molitow - thinned w Gunze Sanyo - for the past yr - with good results …

It appears that the hood material was removed with passes by that silver tool in the pix - but i’m not familiar with it - I’m sure that we’ll get clarification fr our builder fr the recently frozen North …

You’re welcome !

Ooph …

If Houston still has a hobby store - why not hop in your car - burn some gas - and by their paint - you’ll thank me in the morning …

The valley pan on these engines had Cobra script - which ive added - the letters are from a resin cast alphabet and number set - I think Norman Veber might offer these … the set is another example of the things that lay around in the dark clutter of my workbench drawers - for years - things i never need - until i do … had to make the R from a P - where did all of the R’s go ?? Who knows…. If you see them running around - tell them to go back to my workbench …

Plug wire looms - made from Evergreen L strip -

Brock's design was very forward but Shelby's engineering was very ... very ... old school ... there were many features that seem ... old fashioned the spare wheel was mounted high on the deck behind the pass compartment which must have done wonders for the handling ... - maybe there was no place else to put it - but still ... was this the last great front engined sports car ???

here's an interesting question - practically unknowable because there are very few color photos of 2287 during it's '64 campaign - and the car went thru a number of mods when it got to Europe after Daytona and Sebring - and still more before it was sold to a rather famous private collector in the early seventies ... there were a number of changes in the eng bay - the battery was moved away from its position in "prototypes" 2286 and 2287 - the clutch and brake fluid containers were moved - and the spark plug wires - ??? - later in the racing season they were orange - but at Daytona and Sebring they may have been black - the Simeone car sports black plug wires - but who knows ... ..... and I'm pretty sure that the fuel lines ran to each individual carb in '64 - here too, there is some guess work ..... notice the fl black engine bulkhead - I think later Coupes had a light colored bulkhead 0

photo of eng bay of 2287 - fr a well-timed visit to the Simeone - the car is normally displayed with the bonnet down ...

Rare - rare - rare … the best IMSA livery ever … mine is still unbuilt - will enjoy following your build …

rare color photo - notice the windshield washers at 10:00 o’clock - thats there standard location - all the work that Brock did in design- but the wipers were left in the wind stream - oh well -

Just re-read my post - which is grammatically unfathomable - we have nine more weeks - altogether - to make the grid …

The engine in 2287 is black - no Ford factory colors - later Cobra Daytona Coupes may have been different - dont recall … i can post some good pix of the un-restored engine bay of 2287 …