Projects Bought a Mercury on purpose

When doing an electric trunk latch release, I've been mounting the electric part on the Body side and the catch to the Trunk Lid. Keeps from running a power wire past the hinge system. On the other hand, I like using a Morris type cable to the Stock latch and having no electric at all. A cable is more forgiving over the years than wires. Just food for thought.

 

I’ve got a NOS cal custom remote release kit
Also might use and extra door lock I have and use it to open the truck. Just have that single stainless lock on the trunk

 

I like things that are mechanical over power ***ist.

 

Lenses from @richard crow, thanks

 

Thinking out loud

 

I know what you're thinking Mark............
"I have this pair of old swap meet valve covers and I think I'll make a set of air scoops for that Man-A-Fre intake on my Corvette".

 

Experimental
Using this broke one as a test

 

The 3.75 round fitters are a tight squeeze but still could be used
wonder about some kind of filter like this could be adapted

 

Looking fact-tree...

 

Your students have done a great job on the lights, front and rear. I know you are proud of them and their work.

 

Hmmmmmm

 

Valve cover scoop idea is interesting, I think it could work. Would be curious to see what they'd look like if the opening area was more of an arc instead of straight up and down, but the bolt hole bosses might make that tougher.

Mine had been finned oil filters with the tops cut off.

 

We’re gonna slight arc the front
Just cut straight god now. The blog hole will be gone

 

The “Ink Spot” reaction I had.

 

On roughed out bases

We’ll get em level and squared before final t*******
The middle one is the prototype
Have another

 

Hmmmmm if only you had a shrink ray, if they were 1/3 smaller in scale they could be cool.

As they are, to my eyes, they look too big and clumsy. I like the idea though!!!

 

A suggestion..........You might consider a one piece mounting plate for all 3 carbs and then have some countersunk screws entering from the bottom of the plate to either brackets or individual plates inside each cover. That would allow the mounting screws to be concealed (torx or allen head) and once the holes are drilled properly in the plate, the covers would always be in alignment.

The plate could have holes to slide over the carbs and small round flanges that use a simple "set screw" to hold it in place. If these don't work out the way you plan, they might make some neat custom wheel chocks.

 

Gonna use separate bases. Probably stagger em up some from front to rear

 

I like the creativity. My suggestion is a little more space between them. I.E. little less length on each.

 

Generate a radius across tye fronts perhaps. Combined with what you did on the prototype. They need to be a tad shorted, front to back.