Ace-Garageguy

"Boyfriend" is something I've never had, and I feel so left out.

I guess you have to weigh the importance of the number of cover bolts against the position of the rib on the cover and the slight difference in the overall shape of the housing. But I've seen so much halfassed and totally incorrect model tooling, it would scarcely matter to me because they're so visually similar...though I am something of a rivet counter. I wonder how that compares to being a bolt counter.

Two very flat squirrels and a pretty flat possum. Not restorable.

Far away in a galaxy long long ago, I was cloned from chimp and Neanderthal DNA.

Snagged a really nice Danbury Divco milk truck. Boxed, complete with all the goodies, for less than I paid some time ago for a damaged one, and WAY cheaper than the current average online asking price.

I just found and bought another one that's not damaged, for less than I paid for the buggered one. And it's got all the extras too. So now I have one to strip and pull molds from, and a nice display-ready piece for the shelf. That kinda puts the project a little closer.

Livestock on the lawn, like pigs and goats and a cow or two, ought to make ol' Karen's head explode.

"There goes the neighborhood" said Karen as I moved my collection of junk vehicles with chickens living in 'em on to the front lawn.

Very similar in appearance to a Borg Warner T-10, which is I believe what you've got there, going by the rib on the side cover.

I've got enough model kits to last me decades, so I don't care. But I'd kinda like to see some kit manufacturing return to the States anyway, even if it does mean higher prices. I will buy American if at all possible.

Well, I might have to disagree...

Supplies and parts and materials get more expensive every time I need anything.

Yeah, there is that. On the other hand, it's hard to fault the engineering capability demonstrated by SpaceX's self-parking rockets. Operating a vehicle in the real world is a vastly complex undertaking, much more difficult to achieve than researchers originally thought, and frankly, I'm amazed there aren't piles of smoking wreckage everywhere with typical humans being in control. If I'm not mistaken, the failures of the driverless features of Teslas have all been due to drivers assuming it was a fully developed technology, and treating it as such, abdicating their part of responsible overwatch of a system that specifically warns operators it's not yet fully autonomous. "Level 5" is fully autonomous (even though the definition is a little muddy), and with everything working perfectly, nobody's really delivered fully-capable "Level 4" yet. EDIT: Both Waymo and Zoox vehicles have have exhibited erratic behavior and crashes when in autonomous mode too. It would probably be smarter if all the competing companies trying to get self-driving bug-free would work together to develop ONE standard that was as close to 100% reliable under aby conditions as "humanly" possible, but the world just doesn't seem to work that rationally.

Simply to closely emulate human behavior to appear less threatening and self-possessed to the average pleb. And...ummmm...it's a joke.

"Another day, another dullard" as the saying goes.

Yes. Similar in layout, some engineering, and general appearance, but a totally different engine.

Underground shelters might be making a big comeback.

Vid of the Chevrolet version of the 12-port head, distributor on the other side, different valve cover design.

Yes. The larger displacement GMC 6 looks a lot like its stovebolt little brother, but is physically larger...about an inch or so longer IIRC. The GMC engine can be swapped into the Chevy chassis without too much trouble (by a competent fabricator), and I seem to recall a '37 Chevy featured in one of the hot-rod mags when I was young, running a GMC 6 on the street, and setting a bunch of drag records in its time. FWIW, this is what the GMC version of the kit engine looks like with individual exhaust pipes. Note the location of the distributor in this photo and the 12-plug engine in the B&W photo above...different from the location on the smaller Chebby. PS: Save that 12-wire distributor cap for something else, as there were so few 12-plug heads made, the odds of ever seeing one in reality are infinitesimally small.

Granted there's not much, but I posted this on the thread linked above...

Part #85 would most likely be the injection pump. A high-pressure fuel pump is required for Hilborn-style mechanical injection, helpful if the pump runs faster as the engine runs faster. https://www.hotrod.com/how-to/hrdp-1010-what-you-need-to-know-about-mechanical-fuel-injection/ Though mechanical pumps are often driven directly by the cam, or a toothed belt, they can be driven by a properly configured V-belt setup as well, as they're not "timed" like, say, a 911 injection pump.

You must be kidding, right?

We've lost a lot of understanding of how the world we take for granted works as we've "progressed" and become oh so "tech savvy". By the time I was out of sixth grade, I had learned the basic operation of 4-stroke IC engines, how electricity is generated and distributed by transmission lines and transformers, how electric motors convert energy back to useful work, and how rockets and airplanes fly...all requirements in grade-school science. I routinely meet college grads who don't know any of it today. How the bloody h are you qualified to vote for representatives and policy issues if you have no idea of how the world you're totally dependent on functions on even the most basic level?