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This is how the Mad Scotsman in Oz did it on his Gerber[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes that does make sense, perhaps a floor welded in under seats and a structural U shaped torque tube cover to stiffen it all up
This sketch is an idea I’ve been playing with in my head for a while is based on the Gerber special but splaying both sides of the chassis rails...
OK folks, just a bit of an update.. Ive been rummaging through the parts stash over the past week and have made some decisions. As the two T...
Can't beat grandkids for an excuse to play in and old car :cool:
Ive still to decide what the next steps are. Ive been trying to keep Old Ford based ideas at the back of my mind for the past 3 years as Ive been...
Hi Charlie, Good to hear from you, love the truck 8) Yeah time moves on at pace, the list of jobs never gets smaller , the list of big ideas is...
Still got all the Chevy parts and Olds head, just had to put it into storage for a while as I had to go back into full time work.. hoping to get...
it’s all still on the bench, I’ve just had to go back to full time work and been doing a full Restoration on a house.. more soon
Life, mortgage, work and marital harmony forced a deviation from the plan… the Gin Runner got sold into safe hands and is in storage. I went back...
After too long a time away from the HAMB Ive just caught up on this. Sorry to hear about the accident, glad you walked away from it, but great to...
Good to see youre back to it, Ive still got your kit of parts, just got sidetracked for a few years!!
Yes it was at Pendine Sands, I wasn't there but a friend was and sent me these pics and a video.. sounds ace. Unfortunately he didn't get the...
Hi Folks, sorry it's been a while. Life sorta got complicated about 3 years ago and I had to sell up a lot of my stuff. The Gin Runner went north...
I heard of a mid build one in UK but it is all model A Ford and haven't seen any pics of it. There's one in Germany, another in Perth W. Australia...
I know of 3 and another mid build
Yeah, from memory Les reduced the flange on the shaft by 0.005" and made the outer plate in 660 bronze to the original depth. [ATTACH]
I haven't tried to buy one yet, the seller is active on the MTFCA, that being said, I have a mill and a lathe and two spare trans shafts ;)
Jumping way ahead of myself here .. one of my other T based projects is a twin motor straight eight T, see the link below. Ive been working on...
hey WR good to hear from you, putting an A crank in mine is an option for later, but I reckon I'll save up for a counterbalanced A spec SCAT crank...
I Took the tarp off my old 1940's belt drive mill yesterday and started to give it a clean up, i'm off to our local smiddy in the next couple of...
Sorry for the confusion, I am building a conversion plate which I intend to mill the bore area out to leave as much useful quench/squish area as...
Thanks GG, Dave G and Marcus, great input much appreciated. Herb had discussed fitting tops onto '28 Chevy pistons to up the compression in the...
This is as far as i got with a combustion chamber sketch today before my cad skills met their limit and i realised id be quicker with a die...
There probably is a scientific answer that I haven't a clue about, but my understanding is that compression is the overall effect of reducing the...
Thats the route I'll go, on the drawing Ive set the squish at 0.0625 which is probably too loose. I have it set at 0.030" on my hot stroked Indian...
Thanks guys, useful info :)
Its great to get this kinda feedback and info :) this afternoon I've been messing about with squish and working out the lift, in between getting...
T firing order is 1-2-4-3 , I had another short session this afternoon, once id shifted the horses onto a drier paddock. I loosely fitted a pair...
.. and the rockers [ATTACH]
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