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Here's my imperfect fossil found in a backyard.I agree there's a trend to build cars that would have been the ultimate in say 1952 but of course very few were ever this way with all the period bells and whistles.That said I've been lucky finding some pieces and will incorporate them in my 32 when I finish it.

 

The cover car - Gooch has an indirect connection to this car.(Sorta) BufordT - Not trying to hijack your post..just adding a little history..

 

ok, now I'm confused.

 

Check the sponsor.....

 

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The cover car - Gooch has an indirect connection to this car.(Sorta) BufordT - Not trying to hijack your post..just adding a little history..


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Steal away man, I dig history and can always stand to learn a thing or two...

Greg

 

scruff,

Are there actual Arduns sitting in that mess?....I tink I see part...how bout some good pics of em!

Greg

P.S... what kind of lucky s.o.b. do you have to be to find this*****?...im always S.O.L. heh

 

Thanks - last picture of the cover car.

Mutt

 

ahhhhh, its all clear to me now. Bob Joehnck is a trip. He had everything to do with the so-cal coupe and yet no one ever says anything about it, he did major R&D for everyone on the planet and yet still works alone in the back of his shop here in Santa Barbara. He is a hotrod God. He is in the Land Speed Hall of Fame for a reason. A funny guy and a true master.

Jesse Alexander, the famous sports car photogropher, just wrote a huge article about him and included some very cool pictures durring Joehnck's Corvette years for the official Corvette magazine. Bob was very proud of it and when I was talking about the progress I was making on the 32 he shoved a few copies under my arm.

He still thinks I am an idiot for restoring an old car but never tells me to go away when I stop by. I walk right into all his jokes and I get a kick out of him making fun of me. It's a little game we play and I always let the old man win. He has no idea of the ammount of respect I have for him. I cant wait to hit the salt next year with him in his old coupe. And I will!

 

Yep;they're arduns alright matched heads number 214&215 complete with a Hilborn set-up pulled out an ex-racers backyard near Mobile Alabama back in '97.It also came with the block which had a 3/8 stroker,Wilcap main caps and a Kong distributer.He raced it back in the late fifties in a modified.He told me he bought all the parts from C-T in California.Here's another shot of the heads in my chassis.

 

Scruff, your Kinmonts are on backwards.

That Ardun was quite a find, especially in 1997.

Any extra Kinmont parts? PM me if you do.


- alchemy

 

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Fuelpump....for me it goes to a screen asking for your password ... Scruff...that is absolutely sick that you found all that stuff...how much do you have invested in your motor so far(if you don't mind me asking, I don't wanna be a nosey********(might be too late for that lol)). Thanks for the pics and input fellas.

Greg

 

Greg;I originally bought the motor for $1500.00[told the story in my intro],but piecing it together has been expensive for a working stiff.I bought a Ken Austin blower intake for 750.00;new lifters from Don Ferguson for 450.00;a set of C.A.T. h-beam rods for 475.00.So you can see it's not a cheap deal.I hope to have it running with all good pieces for under $10,000.Might seem expensive to some;cheap to others but it's my holy grail and I intend to drive the piss out of it.

 

Got to be a reason if Gordon is selling it? He don't need the money!!..............OLDBEET

 

Does anyone have a photo of the motor in question?