Ace-Garageguy

To answer your original question, I really don't know what the can on the A/SR cammer-powered car is. The photo is kinda blurry, and the plumbing can't be seen. But I'd guess it's either an oil mist/vapor catch can, or a coolant burp can. Being a leftover from a previous engine installation is extremely unlikely on any kind of competently prepared competition car. IF it's an oil mist/vapor catch can, it would most likely be plumbed to a location on the engine similar to the old "road draft tube". It's also possibly an oil mist catch can for a manual gearbox vent. It wouldn't be an oil filter, as the old Ford style is not a full-flow type and would be completely inadequate for a cammer engine. And as you and Mark point out, the Ford FE block the cammer is based on positions the full-flow filter at the lower LH forward corner of the block. Any auxiliary filters (or relocated for possible frame clearance issues), or coolers, would most likely be plumbed into that location, using lines with a minimum of 5/8" OD. FYI: https://www.diyford.com/ford-fe-engine-oiling-system-complete-guide/ It's also unlikely to be a cool-can, mounted so far aft, far away from the Moon tank, and close to an under-header heat source. And of course the "beehive" unit is definitely a housing for the old-style bypass (non-full-flow) oil filter used on flatheads, but the type is always positioned high enough to encourage gravity return of filtered oil to the engine.

You'll be in my prayers. You have many friends here who'll miss you..

Yup, this kit with odd "euro" headlights. The ones you show in the photo below the car are stock.

Several Japanese manufacturers make metal scribing guides with various radius curves, circles, and other shapes. Some are specialized for specific kits (but can be used on others of course), and some are generic. Examples below. They are used by securely taping them to the work piece, and gently following the desired shape with multiple passes of the appropriate scribing tool. They're similar in appearance to the old-school draftsman's "eraser shields", which I've used for scribing as well.

5 Vegas car museums... https://vegasfoodandfun.com/las-vegas-car-museums/

You a pilot? I am, and I can tell you that an automated landing of a single aircraft in closely controlled airspace, always with humans in the cockpit and on the ground monitoring the descent, is an entirely different thing than computers driving vehicles on streets populated by large numbers of dozy, unpredictable humans and other vehicles in the immediate environment. The automated landing systems require a human pilot to be awake and aware constantly in the event of a system failure of any kind, and pilots flying aircraft equipped with automated landing capability are usually drilled exhaustively in system-failure procedures. Comparing self-driving cars to automated landing systems isn't comparing apples and oranges; it's more like comparing bowling balls to manatees. Honest people within the self-driving development community admit the reality of 100% autonomy is still well in the future, and is turning out to be much harder than initially imagined. EDIT: NTSB's conclusion regarding the incident linked above: "Over-reliance on automation and lack of systems understanding by the pilots were cited as major factors contributing to the accident" which nicely sums up most crashes involving today's level of "autonomous" surface vehicles as well. EDIT 2: Computers and AI will get there, but they aren't there yet.

If it's real, it makes sense to develop this tech concurrently with the next generations of EVs and building out the power grid and infrastructure to support them. Rather than FORCING the end of the IC-powered vehicle and that scenario's nightmare reliance on and exploitation of third-world material suppliers and our economic adversaries for components, this technology would allow the existing fleet of IC-engined transport to remain in use until EV tech and "green" electric power generation matures to the point it can painlessly replace what we have now. The difference between "net zero" and petrochemical-based fuels is very simple. Petrochemicals (oil-based hydrocarbons), the basis for most of our liquid and gaseous fuels now, are taken from the ground where they've been sequestered for millions of years, and when burned, spew carbon into the atmosphere, resulting in higher and higher atmospheric concentrations...what is blamed for the looming "climate crisis". NOTE: Coal is also a hydrocarbon-containing energy source contributing to atmospheric concentrations of carbon when burned. "Net zero" hydrocarbon fuels, on the other hand, are made from biomass, essentially any plant or animal...or human...waste, which is normally a problem to dispose of in landfills, or by dirty burning, and often contributing to water-polluting runoff from farming operations. Carbon-containing waste can be recycled indefinitely to provide useful energy, without raising atmospheric concentration of carbon. It also has the potential to replace petrochemicals as the feedstock for all the plastics and other synthetic materials that civilization has come to depend on. Yes, it's still in the early development phase, and expensive. But like all technology changes, it has the potential to become cost-competitive (just like gasoline refining from crude oil did) over time...if it's real.

Very nice, seriously cool.

IIRC, this is the second time the site was spammed by dozens of posts for airline calling numbers. Last time, I reported the onslaught within a few minutes.

I've always been impressed by your work, but the more I see of your 3D stuff, the more impressed...and inspired...I am. Not blowing smoke up your backside, just stating the truth. Is there any possibility you'd sell sets of these (at a suitably exorbitant price to make it profitable to you)? I believe there are serious modelers (besides me) who'd happily pay a premium to get pre-printed copies of these and some of the other otherwise unobtainable models you've designed, refined, and printed. The AMX / Gremlin show-car comes to mind...

I don't know where you got this, but it's hydrogen embrittlement that's usually associated with chrome plating. https://www.sharrettsplating.com/blog/hydrogen-embrittlement-electroplating-what-you-need-to-know/ Nitrogen embrittlement is something else entirely. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1982MTA....13.1939B/abstract

Here's a kit. You choose the voltage, whether warm or cool light, power supply, etc. https://evandesigns.com/collections/hobby-leds/products/lights-for-your-die-cast-1-43-or-slot-car-1-32?variant=40682873749552

LED circuits for head and taillights in model cars are among the simplest known to man (assuming nothing flashing). Great opportunity to do a little research and learn something about low voltage DC electricity. I got my start in electronics working with model trains over 60 years ago, and It's helped me immensely in my career. Here's a place to start. https://www.instructables.com/LED-Lighting-in-Plastic-Models/ Ebay has loads of cheap pre-wired LEDs with integral resistors that will work for you just fine. All you need besides the LEDs themselves is a power supply (depending on the LEDs you choose, you may be able to use tiny batteries) and a hidden switch.

The migration path of the endangered snail darters?

Being in the biz, and being the one where the buck finally stops, my favorite customer quote is always "it's been in 3 shops and they fixed everything, so there's nothing wrong with it...it just won't run". That is, of course, when we exorcise the car demons with the magic wrench...

Johan did the '69 AMX in two versions, stock and a racing thing. Then a later AMX...'72 maybe...again as a stocker and a funny car. Also several years of Rambler Americans, the earlier '61-ish body and the later '65-ish body in coupe and convert, and a racy thing on the later body style. And a Marlin. Also a '59 wagon...

If you've ever worked on cars for a living, or know someone who has...or just have a little common sense...you'll appreciate these:

GREAT stuff. Thanks !!

7:28 PM Fri., Feb. 3, 2023 Early promos. In lots of cases, the bodies have turned to dust...literally.

Entirely reasonable (and my surmise as well), considering things like the Peltier effect, the Crookes radiometer, the Petri dish, and the Kelvin temperature scale...all interesting but somewhat obscure and not often encountered by normal people in their daily lives...are all easily found by even the worst search engines. But the "spittier port" (not capitalized) is a part of hundreds of thousands of hydraulically boosted braking systems on trucks and other vehicles. One would think something so ubiquitous would also be easy to find a definition and a history for. (I'm pretty sure it's in the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) historical archives somewhere, but I've not searched there yet.)

Worse, in my opinion. Much worse for what I primarily use searches for. Example for all of them: I defy anyone to find a definition of "spittier port" on any of the usual search engines (yes, I spelled it right: S P I T T I E R). You can find listings selling fittings and adaptors, listings that ignore the spelling and try to stuff unrelated results down your throat, etc., but not one single articulate reference as to exactly what it is and why it's named as such. You can find results that allow you to infer what it is and follow the rabbit hole if you have sufficient technical knowledge to do so...but no specific definition or why it's called "spittier". EDIT: Just to be very clear, I know what it is and what it does. What I want to know is WHY it's called "spittier".