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Bill, the 58 Plymouth trans is a representative of the torque flight A488. The 57 Chrysler is a better one, but it's more a situation of what's at hand.

Found this while looking for something else. I'm going to try it....someday. https://www.b9c.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1391

Google is your friend. Search "3d coffin casket file". look for stl. obj. etc. files. I saw some.

I have a 56 AMT Ford Crown Vic that has both single and duel quad manifolds with Holley carbs.

Very nicely done Al. That license plate would work twice as good for me as that kit was the last one I built in 1960 until 2003.

One advantage of reading a thread totally through from start to finish is that you don't ask questions that have already been covered. I direct you to Zoom Zoom's post on page one of this thread for your answer.

Some more parts ready. The block, heads, oil pan, timing chain cover w/fuel pump and water pump and single 4 bbl manifold. Duel quad air cleaners 4 bbl air cleaner as it comes off the printer 4 bbl air cleaner sanding and glued together

Although I have a vacuum former, I agree with Bill and find that process is alot easier to use. I use my heat gun set on low temp and the windshields come our perfect.

The problem is that , although the A engine was introduced in 1956, it was only used in the Plymouth until 1959. The poly engine in your 56 Dodge is the earlier version that uses the hemi as it's basis and is not related to the A engine. I have the heads and valve covers for the hemi version, but there is no single 4bbl manifold that I know of for it. The wcfb carb would work though. I will be doing a 55 and 56 Dodge some time in the future, but they will be D-500s and have hemi engines. Yes, this A engine will be available for purchase soon.

Update. The 4 bbl manifold file is done and I am in the process of scaling it to fit with one of Joseph's A.F.B.'s. The air cleaners for a duel quad setup are done. I have successfully made r.t.v. molds and resin cast those parts that will be supplied that way. The rest of the parts will be 3d printed as I can print multiple copies of them at one time and they hold detail MUCH better.

I actually prefer Roger Moore as Bond, but that may have been influenced by my watching him as Simon Templer in the 60's t.v. series The Saint.

I'm moving right along on this project and plan on completion the end of May. I have successfully resin cast the block and heads. The heads have a location piece to help with getting them in the correct position. Once on the block, the intake manifold fits perfectly. The 4bbl manifold is about 2/3rds drawn.

Some years back, someone posted a link to engine colors. I made a file of it and don't have the web address. Here are the flathead engine colors by year.

Richard, did you check out this forum? http://automotion.myfastforum.org/ . I joined there years ago, but haven't visited in quite some time. They do some interesting work.

Cadillac started using v8 engines in 1914. Olds started in 1916 and Chevrolet had one in 1917-18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V8_engine. The Cadillac LaSalle, designed by Harley Earl, started a new era of American automobile styling. The cars of this era, from 1929 to 1942, are the ones that most interest me. This was during the Art Deco Era, so I alway think of them in that way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaSalle_(automobile)

55 Chevy and Pontiac frame:

I don't know. The ones on my desktop and the drag here to attach files section are as clear as this one . When they are posted, they blur up.

My time has freed up and I'm back to work on this project. Here are some pic's of the Carter wcfb carbs that Chrysler us on the 56, 57 and 58 cars.

Um, Scott, a sale is a sale, no matter how it happens. I won't buy any mag. in hard copy. I just find it much easier to access and locate what I'm looking for and for sure, storage is much neater with e copies. I have received Hemmings Classic Car in digit sinse they first started offering it. It must be a cheaper and more effect way to distribute as I pay half of what it cost me for hard copy, I get it sooner and it's in perfect shape. I just bought the MCM digital issue #203 and will continue to buy future issue if offered in same form.

Both. A whole, complete engine. Duel quad, 4 bbl and 2bbl complete.

I have done a preliminary print to see how much detail it produces and also to test it for proper size. I'm planning on finalizing the 318 poly sometime in May. They will be ready then.

These are the air cleaners for the 58-62 Chrysler duel quad manifold set up. I am making a set for my 318 poly engine and will be able to adjust the height per application if needed.

This is posted on the wall of the room I spend the most time in. It says it all for me. The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered "Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present: the result being that he does not live in the present or future: he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."

Sorry to burst the bubble, but a $130 scanner doesn't have the means to give you a quality scan . It's like using an $200 fdm printer and expecting quality parts. If it is a laser scanner, the camera is 5 mega pixels. On top of that, you still need to use a cad software to fix the scan to make it 3d printable. Then, there is a learning curve in knowing how to set up and scan something usable. I purchased a diy 3d scanner kit one year ago and printed out the frame on my fdm printer for the sole purpose of scanning 1/32 & 1/48 die cast cars. I have been waiting for some improvements to occur. I'll be getting back into working with it in the forth coming months. Any scaling has to be done by using an actual, full size measurement and the software to resize.

My 50th reunion was in August 2013. A website was set up in October 2012. I did my part by finding 60+ contacts. The website contained a memorial section. As time progressed, the realization came to me that the vast majority of people that I would enjoy contact with were no longer alive. I decline going in at the last minute. I didn't feel like spending a total of $600 to travel from Central Florida to Bloomfield Hills Michigan and spend a couple of evenings with a bunch of old people I really didn't know. Some voiced their disappointment, but it didn't matter. Bill, I got married on December 23, 1967. It was 3 weeks before my 22nd birthday.