Oldsmobile OW-43

[landman]

Now that I have most of what I need, I'll try to scratch up one of these using a 442 block, some 3D printed carbs as a base. Here's the preliminary fact gathering thread.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/138992-oldsmobile-ow43/

 

[landman]

Started tonight. Used a 442 block with a 3D printed weber manifold. Used plain rectangular srip for the heads ars they will hardly be visible once the stuff is added. Added coolant outlets and inlrets. I will use three injector stacks for the three air breathers. will fabricate the caps.

[landman]

Made the cam covers using square rods and half round. The marks are the location of the bolts. They did not look right so I redid them with narrow ribbing to represent the ribs on the real thing.

[landman]

Made some caps for the breathers. Had to move my tubes further apart to clear them.

[landman]

With the outboard cam covers held in place by tape, I could obtain an overall width measurement . I was able to find a good picture of the gear train of the OW-43 which will serve as a template for all those covers. I printed three slightly different ones and I think the one in the photo fits best. I wonder whether there's   a cover like that at the back.

 

Edited November 20, 2019 by landman
Typo, as usual.

[landman]

Reshaped the heads to give a wider angle between the cam covers to match the image. Bit by bit we are getting there.

[landman]

Cut the pattern out of a sheet of .040 then glued it to another one to give a proper thickness. Punched some "covers" for the ends of the cams.

Edited November 22, 2019 by landman

[landman]

The front cover is taking shape. I had to quit because I was getting cross-eyed.

[charlie8575]

A very interesting choice of build.

Charlie Larkin

[landman]

1 hour ago, charlie8575 said:

A very interesting choice of build.

Charlie Larkin

Hopefully, it will at lest be recognizable if not identical.

[landman]

Pecked away at it a bit again this morning.

 

 

Edited November 23, 2019 by landman

[landman]

Trial fitting the components to see if it will look the part.

[landman]

Pretty well complete. Still need to do some plumbing and wiring as well as deciding what to do with the exhaust.

[landman]

Added a few more things.

[landman]

Project complete. This is supposed to be a representation of Oldsmobile's OW-43.