Sebring 12 Hours 1964 Proposed group build thread

[Gramps46]

  On 1/6/2024 at 3:20 PM, absmiami said:

Tamiya masking  tape used to mask the windshield when i painted the body - months ago - l left it on because i didn’t want to handle or damage the enamel paint finish - so i left it on and forgot about it - removed it last night and got away with it — no damage to the clear resin windshield - was probably lucky - but its another reason to like Tamiya masking tape …

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[absmiami]

rare color photo - notice the windshield washers at 10:00 o’clock - thats there standard location - all the work that Brock did in design- but the wipers were left in the wind stream - oh well - 

[absmiami]

photo of eng bay of 2287  -  fr a well-timed visit to the Simeone - the car is normally displayed with the bonnet down ...

[absmiami]

here's an interesting question - practically unknowable because there are very few color photos of 2287 during it's '64 campaign  -  and the car went thru a number of mods when it got to Europe after Daytona and Sebring - and still more before it was sold to a rather famous private collector in the early seventies ...

there were a number of changes in the eng bay -  the battery was moved away from its position in "prototypes"  2286 and 2287 - the clutch and brake fluid containers were moved - and the spark plug wires - ???  - later in the racing season they were orange - but at Daytona and Sebring they may have been black  -  the Simeone car sports black plug wires - but who knows ...  .....

and I'm pretty sure that the fuel lines ran to each individual carb in '64  -   here too,  there is some guess work .....

notice the fl black engine bulkhead  -  I think later Coupes had a light colored bulkhead 0 

 

[MarkJ]

I wonder if the heat from the headers migrated up the steering shaft to the steering wheel during a long race. They sure snaked the headers very close to that shaft. I guess they had to. Man, that looks like you have your work cut out for you under the hood. Lots of stuff going on in there.

[absmiami]

Brock's design was very forward

but Shelby's engineering was very ...  very  ...  old school  ...

there were many features that seem ...  old fashioned

the spare wheel was mounted high on the deck behind the pass compartment

which must have done wonders for the handling ... - maybe there was no place else to put it - but still  ...

was this the last great front engined sports car  ???

[absmiami]

Plug wire looms - made from Evergreen L strip  -  

[absmiami]

The valley pan on these engines had Cobra script - which ive added - the letters are from a resin cast alphabet and number set - I think Norman Veber might offer these … the set is another example  of the things that lay around in the dark clutter of my workbench drawers - for years - things i never need - until i do … had to make the R from a P - where did all of the R’s go ??  Who knows….  If you see them running around - tell them to go back to my workbench …

[absmiami]

We’re always searching for a good chrome finish - i’ve been using Molitow - thinned w Gunze Sanyo - for the past yr - with good results … 

[absmiami]

The top of the eng bay on  2287  - shot at the Simeone - although 2287 is famously unrestored - frequent changes were made in the eng compartment after Sebring - thru the end of its comp life ….  One change that i am confident of concerns the routing of the fuel lines ….  

[absmiami]

Available bl and wh photos suggest that 2287 used individual fuel lines running fr the fuel line sending unit to the Webers - thats doable with some mods to the kit casting - will use the MFH fuel line - their smallest line - featured on their 24th sc Porsche kits - is great stuff - but you have to use .012 brass rod for the nipples - anything else is too large for the MFH line …

[absmiami]

The Weber carb castings have fine detail - allowing additional drilling for fuel line hardware and some added throttle linkage …

[Misha]

Those Webers are going to look really sweet!

  On 1/11/2024 at 5:47 PM, absmiami said:

We’re always searching for a good chrome finish - i’ve been using Molitow - thinned w Gunze Sanyo - for the past yr - with good results … 

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Andrew what ratio of thinner to Molitow are you using? I haven’t been all that impressed with the markets so would like to air brush it instead. 
Thanks & Cheers Misha

[absmiami]

Im not too exact on my dilution - try thinning until it has the appearance and sustance of alclad … but it definitely needs thinning to air brush …

[MarkJ]

  On 1/11/2024 at 5:47 PM, absmiami said:

We’re always searching for a good chrome finish - i’ve been using Molitow - thinned w Gunze Sanyo - for the past yr - with good results … 

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The only problem I have had with molitow is you cannot touch it even after you think it is dry because it will dull badly. I have just come to the conclusion that alcadII is the only thing I can use to get any kind of good results. I found a silverleaf pen that works pretty good if you dont need a mirror type chrome finish. Hobby Lobby sells them.

[absmiami]

I’m finding that  Molotow thickens a bit in its container - so its drying time is slower when applied by brush - the same stuff - when applied by airbrush w thinner - low pressure / quick passes / thin coat - seems to work well with about a day to dry and limited handling - per the Cobra valve cover in this shot …

[absmiami]

Top of the engine is busy - making fuel line fittings and attaching the lines to the fuel distributor first - the lines are the MFH small lines - outside dia is about .018 - good stuff - the fittings are made fr .013 nickel wire - and i marked up some thin alu sheet for the tray that fits over the top of the Webers - this tray is smaller than the trays used on the later Cobra coupes

[Pierre Rivard]

Looking good. The cast COBRA on the tray is a nice add too.

[absmiami]

Gracias - but i have to obscure the script with the throttle link assembly now - 

the plug wire is .012 Detail Master - with some old stock - and rare? - distributor plug boots …

[absmiami]

Starter - nice casting - 

[absmiami]

[absmiami]

Mark j points out that the Molotow finish is effected by handling - he’s right - but it still works …

[MarkJ]

  On 1/17/2024 at 1:17 PM, absmiami said:

Mark j points out that the Molotow finish is effected by handling - he’s right - but it still works …

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Looks great Andrew. Not as dull as when I used it with a brush. I guess I got it on too thick. The engine is really coming together quite nicely.

[absmiami]

Gracias 

plugging away ….

 

 

Edited January 18, 2024 by absmiami

[absmiami]