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As a side note....I got the opportunity to work on this 2
weeks
ago.
Had to pull the left spingle and hub, then remove the
steering
knuckle, get some welding done, then reassemble.

It was interesting how the hub was assembled...no
manual...sigh. It
certainly wasnt a system Id ever seen before. And of
course..the wheel
bearings were ball bearings..not rollers.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/3RAsOMLLVWPQMFYE3


Nice old Bug.
Prewar Itallian engineering.
Designed to be light and stroing - and FAST.

No seat belts either.

They arent cheap.

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds...5/1893334.html


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For a T35 GP 2.6 mil IS cheap.

It was a rather fascinating car to work on. The engine was made
in
Argentina as this had been a restoration project from a carcass.

Seems that Argentina is one of the classic car restoration
capitals
of
the world for cars of this type. They made molds and patterns for
every car that had ever been fixed/modified and restored..so you
can
order parts made on the original tooling, to the original
blueprints
and formed on patterns identical with factory patterns. They are
considered "original" parts..albeit NOS....with a heart stopping
price.

The carburetor on these cars..protrudes from the BOTTOM of the
engine
well and the bowl is lower than the bottom of the engine.


Yup - the carb is on the bottom of the "blower"

It has
manual lubrication in addition to engine driven lubers. If you
go
into a turn and the oil sloshes away from the oil pump...there is
a
manual pump on the dash that you can operate to give it more oil.

The pics are in high defintioni so feel free to find the icon and
blow
up the photos and look at the bits and pieces

Gunner

If you ever get a chance to tour the Big Dog Garage, you'll see
several Bugatti race cars from the '20s and early '30s. Jay Leno
has
some beauties, as well as a couple of road-going Bugattis.

The engines look like they were made in a machine shop. I had to
wipe
my drool off before I left. d8-)

--
Ed Huntress

Here's a comparable operation that restores Rolls-Royce Merlins:
http://www.51-factory.com/merlin_overhaul.html

'Lots of interesting detail in the machining operations. I never
knew
that Merlins had hollow crankshafts.

When I was a kid I was infatuated with Merlins. I was up close to
Miss
Bardahl when she was started before a race:

http://www.bluebird-electric.net/blu...Oils_Fuels.htm

The sound never leaves you. I can still remember how my guts were
vibrating. d8-)

I loved those ThunderBoats down on Sandy Eggo's Mission Bay. Drunk
and on the outside of a turn, we were crazy close (=really= dumb.) I
loved the big engines until they started running the jet turbines.
Circus Circus had a pink boat in there, Bardahl (I think), and the
pretty blue Atlas Van Lines. There was a gold and white one, too,
IIRC. Miss Bud's red boat came up 45-degrees and we thought she was
going to flip, but the wind died down, the foot came off the throttle
for half a second, and she was back at it.


For your riding mower:
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...51-Spitfire%29

giggle


An old friend of mine at the airport - Gery Younger - a champion
Aerobatics pilot in years gone by, is putting the finishing touches on
a scale Merlin engine - all scratch built - that will run. He also
completed a Bentlry Rotary scale engine that runs like a top.

Ten or 15 years ago we had a member here on RCM -- another Canadian --
who was building a scale model Merlin, a runner. He had the castings
made by some precision-casting specialist, and we saw some photos of
the engine as it was being completed.

I wonder how he made out with it.

--
Ed Huntress