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It seems ages can pass, & I'm too busy working on cars to get around to the website. What I'll do here is just throw up some photos of recent projects. Some of this stuff is just to neat to pass up on , even if I didn't do a full photo essay of the tasks at hand.
I'l just build it so the page scrolls down & put the newer stuff at the top.
Enjoy.
I must remember to keep a camera at the shop. Here are some of the ones that didn't get away without a photo:
A nice pair of series III Appias:
A very clean Ferrari 365 GT 2+2
Among other things, the drainplug had snapped off. Here's how to make a bolt from a piece of brass: (& what's left of the old one next to it. )
Turn to size, 16mm
Cut some 1.5 mm threads
clean up a bit past the threads
Cut it off & here's the 1/2 way point
Get creative on a mill & put a 17mm hex on the other end, & bevel the head 30 degrees for aesthetics,
Installed.
Here's a nice Lotus Europa in for a freshen up:
An English car with a French Motor & a wiring harness related to a blackberry bramble.
I can't wait to drive it when it's up & running, but I'm still looking for sparks.
A great Alfa Romeo 1900 that came in:
Here's the Appia motor coming along:
The new Citroen I found hidden in a building in France.
It's the one that's getting a gauge from the Gauges page
The Garden is enjoying the weather:
So that's what goes on inside a modern Camera.
It died & I admit it was the devil to fix. Tiny little pieces. How do they make them?
While I was in there I fine tuned the closeup feature. Nice details now....
I always liked Lamborghini Espadas.
Another great thing with Lamborghinis is any color is OK. It's not like a Ferrari where anything but red raises eyebrows.
A great Green Metalic on this example:
Lotsa stuff here. Carburettor work really isn't so bad, but if you're going to adjust the valves you'd better have a sandwich lying around.
It could take awhile.
Here's the motor of the month . Looks normal from here with the head off of this Lancia Appia:
Hmm. One piston has gone missing and left the connecting rod & wristpin to sit in the open.
Ah. There's the piston: It was hiding in the sump.
As the piston migrated about it left aluminum bits about like a fog. (or chocolate chips in ice cream.)
This piston just smeared over the ring lands like grainy peanut butter.
Tough to see in this photo, but the piston bits are holding the valves open.
Wow !
Another nice day.
Here's the front of the shop this afternoon:
Lancia Flaminia Pininfarina coupe
Note the center dual exhaust !
The Devilish leak prone booster:
Inside of th power booster:
A Maserati Indy in an interesting color. In for tuning to get rid of a miss, & a curious set of problems:
Handbrake on, Generator light goes on too. Use the turn signals and the gas gauge goes out.
Step on the brakes and the water temp & Oil temp gauges fail.
And if you open the drivers door with the engine running the tach fails.
Ow.
To top it all off, it has a French wiring harness.
All fixed now, but vexing in the moment.
It runs really well & feels like an Italian Corvette.
The sound between cement buildings in the industrial section of town is wonderful.
Here's some shots of a Lancia Fulvia front wheel bearing hub.
A beautiful forging.
That nut would not come out. That's Jasons' foot in the photo.
He held the acetelyne torch while I used a 7 foot ( yes, seven foot )
breaker bar on yet another fancy ring nut socket.
Finally all apart
The Shop Christmas card:
What a nice Series III Lancia Appia !
It was in for several things including front brakes. Beautiful pieces:
Wow.
Seems to be a Cisitalia from the late Thirties or 1940s.
Once I got it tuned up it sounded great with that open exhaust pipe.
Even the guys from the Howlett machine works came out to listen.
Here's a nice Ferrari 212 Inter that came in with running issues. Sounded great, but would mis-fire above 3000. A long path to find the electrical gremlins, but it did sound like the traditional "ripping of silk" when it left. Remember to always check the relationship of the rotor to the cap pins when tuning distributors with multiple sets of points.........
Gibson reviewing a pesky module failure:
Here's A nice original Lancia Flaminia Zagato. It had been sitting for awhile so it came in for a variety of things:
Freshen up the brakes;
Carb tuning, & of course that booster in the back ground caused no end of grief...
Axle work;
The transaxle came out;
A beautiful hand made electrical relay;
A stub Axle;
Mike Machining those rare rotors:
Some bits ready for re-assembly:
An ultra rare Maserati 5000 in for tuning issues: Check out the inlets for that early Lucas Petrol Injection.
Lots of distributors, plugs & points sets too.......
A Maserati Mexico. Came in for a tuning issue and now pulls like a freight train:
A great 4 cam 3.0 litre Lamborghini Urraco. This particular example now sings:
I should have taken more photos. It has some very nice lines in person.
The Fulvia you want to own. A true factory Rally car, not an imitation:
A Lancia Fulvia motor in for a little refresh:
Look at the tar in the sump!
There was a rod knock, & here's the reason:
Together again:
A Lamborghini 350. It came in for for a tuning mystery :
The oscilloscope before:
The oscilloscope after
A nice Alfa 1900 Primavera in for Brake work:
An early Guzzi V7 Sport in for tuning:
An early Ferrari 250 PF for a mystery driveability issue:
A sweet little Fiat 500 for a ground up restoration:
An Appia motor. Beautiful pieces:
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