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  1. absmiami
    Gramps - is your build the 4 wheeler or the six wheeler … ????
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    History fr Hobart …
  3. absmiami
    G - i got this photo fr Primotipo’s site - have you ever seen it - and did Reventlow own a Cooper ?
  4. absmiami
    The A arms look good with the added wash of paint - and the Revell frame looks a little better than the Heller frame …
  5. absmiami
    All 4 springs have shackles - these are the two shackles for the fronts - the rears have four - slightly different in shape …
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    There are friction shocks front and back …. I convinced Brad to cast these parts seperatedly - a tricky exercise - each shock has three plates - and each plate has different features - i managed to glue these together with epoxy - so they pivot - that will allow precise location to the mounting points on the frame and the leaf spring …
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    Next the spring is located on its post at the rear of the frame to locate and drill the hole used to pin the post for the other end of the part … both sides …
  8. absmiami
    So the first issue is the slender neck of the spring - which needs reinforcement …. Thats done with an additional leaf of nickel …. That should be strong enough …
  9. absmiami
    Working on prepping the resin parts fr some new bags of castings - here’s a shot of the rear leaf springs with the original master part above …
  10. absmiami
    See if DDP has any left - i bought their kit of the Sebring car bout 6 mos ago ….
  11. absmiami
    Weber tag: great idea Woody has retired and closed his storefront - but i think that ANYZ mite make similar placards for military interiors … i like their stuff - but also hardtoget …
  12. absmiami
    Rare rare rare rare - from the late Guido Feuw (sp) of South Africa ….
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    Mr mike! Good to hear fr you - based upon the build postings of the Pocher 72 - your skills will be dearly needed - and by the way - this would be a good time to create a valve cover w block FORD script - just sayin ….
  14. absmiami
    momma mia I've always wanted to make a 24th sc tag for side draft Webers ... is that photo-etched ? how - did - you - do - it ??
  15. absmiami
    Sotheby's is selling chass 2053 - w Sebring race history - at Amelia in March having received clearance to fly to Utah in early May for the last GSL - do I dare propose an additional long weekend in Amelia in early march ?? or should I just slurp up the online catalog pix and behave ?? ???? ??
  16. absmiami
    Ok thanks Now quick delete your answer ….
  17. absmiami
    Whats the trick - other than practice and steady nerves - is it the retarder ?
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    I still cant believe that you brush paint …. What clear paint did you use …. ??
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    Yup
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    The bracket will be glued under the cowl - like this - and the two brass posts are then slid in from the inside - i noticed that the assembly is not quite spec - it should be a little wider - but ive got a fix that …
  21. absmiami
    By soldering the parts this way - the bracket has good left/right alignment once ive removed the excess copper, brass, and nickel …
  22. absmiami
    Gracias A copper rod was bent to shape and soldered to some brass tube and 2 peices of .022 nickel tube ….
  23. absmiami
    So the “glass” will slide into left/right posts made from a short section of channel soldered to a couple of brass screws …. Like this … next the bracket …
  24. absmiami
    Ive Got a large stash of brass, copper, and nickel rod, tubes and other odd shapes - snagged over decades - sometimes i put stuff away and it disappears - because yup - forgot where i put it - after a furious search of the workbench nooks and crannies i found my super small brass channel - it measures about .032 x .032 - with a channel of about .012 - perfect to hold some .010 clear plastic ….
  25. absmiami
    Mr Bradford has just sent me the final bags of parts - before i dive into them im making the windscreen posts - and the bracket that the winscreen swivels on - the bracket emerges from behind the dash - these two shots show what’s visible … the bracket is probably secured by the four screws that are visible at the edge of the cowl …
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