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Tom VanNortwick

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  1. I notice on your front axle the spring shackles are angled as if there is no weight on the front axle. The picture I've added here shows the angle of the spring shackle that has weight on it. The weighted front end's shackle leans downward from the spring perch to the spring eye. The only way it could be like yours is if the front of the car was jacked up off the ground by the frame and the axle was hanging freely...

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  2. Front engine dragster I started a few years ago. From motor-plate back is the Revell dragster chassis from Parts Pack (not Dragmaster). Forward from there is all 1/16th aluminum tubing. Scratch-built front axle too. Engine is the front-blown Olds' from the Revell "Orange Crate".

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  3. If these V-12 Ardun heads were real the spark-plugs would be three sets of two, not two sets of three... Think about how the plugs would be in the cylinder chambers in relation to the valves in the head. It's the reason on the real 8-cylinder heads that they are two sets of two... Very nice looking anyway.

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    On 11/27/2017 at 7:12 PM, Roncla said:

    I've got a pair of Machined Aluminium Specialists front wire wheels I bought years ago

     I believe this business changed hands a while back and  Teds Modeling Market Place is now carrying some of the line but to date the front wheels aren't shown as available

    Their is a definite void in the market for these rims as the kit plastic parts always look so crude.

    http://www.tedsmodelingmarketplace.com/machined-aluminum-specialties/

     

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