bobs1918 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 (edited) The FWD still not home as I await the solid rubber tyres installed on my rims. . 8 months since the rims were delivered . There is only one company in the States that does this and there have been some labor issues at the company. I have been assured that they are in the works! For now I have taken on 2 small projects to keep me occupied. Thanks to Tim who supplied an original example of the valve spring shroud I was able to have molds made and a set of valve spring shrouds cast. Several hours of finishing and they came out very well. Now they will need to be final fit to the engine. Second project was fabrication of the louvered engine panels which were missing. I had the smaller ones so the size of the louver could be ascertained. Patterns were made and a California speed shop made the panels. To keep them rigid there is an 1/8 inch steel rod which surrounds the panel and the lip of the panel is folded over to retain the rod. Again I was pretty please with the result. After peening the lip over the rod I used an offset vise grip type tool for the final crimp Edited December 25, 2017 by bobs1918 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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