The gold keeps coming! One thing I noticed on the flathead, at first I thought it was the photo in negative but it isn’t due to the starter motor being right, but the trans he has hooked up behind is a RHD column shift box I wonder what he had planned for that. As far as I know the coupe always ran top shift?
The photography is stunning but I’m drinking in the mechanical details. As always Tom left nothing to chance and his execution on the Chevy is amazing, head studs, the fuel pump drive, secondary oiling system, throttle linkage, timing tab at the base of the mag and more are like jewelry. Wow!
The fabricated steel parts are possibly plated but considering the time-frame I'm thinking the rocker covers came directly from stock. I'm a Chevy Orange devotee but love the look of NOS steel covers that have never been painted or hot tanked, I don't know what GM did but that original "wash" finish can't be reproduced as far as I know.
The rocker arm oilers were soldered to the valve covers, and the whole surface finish looks uniform to my eye.
Simply amazing! In addition to the photography, the machine work solving the fuel pump and water pump mounting questions is simplistic but ingenious when you think of the time it was created. The secondary oiling systems and phenomenal 4 pipe horizotal zoomies all combine to make one incredible piece of battlefield weaponry. Thanks, as always.
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