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05-10-11, 16:55
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Engine running
been experimenting with YouTube so here is the clip of the engine running but sadly the true sound doesnt come out. May try with a proper video camera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqjmeAIlxF0 
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05-10-11, 17:35
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Looks to be coming together nicely. For the radiator shroud, check with Shaver in Arizona as he had made reproductions of the two narrow strips that go along the sides of the radiator and the armour. Won't fix your problem for boxing in the fan area but at least it would force the air to be pulled in through the radiator and not around it.
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06-10-11, 08:31
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I will drop Rod a mail and see what he has. I do have the patterns for these and can make them I think quite easily. Will check. thanks
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06-10-11, 11:15
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i like the youtube footage, now the engines in and running it almost looks finished
 when do you think you'll be able to test drive it ? rick
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06-10-11, 19:39
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well I am hoping to get it sorted for a run this weekend. But its been running on temporary electrics and fuel and I need to tighten the tracks etc. So all in all I have a few hours of fiddling to get it going.
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07-10-11, 11:17
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Get some Motorcycle race cans on there the neighbours will love it ! hahahahahahaha.
she ticks over a beaut i reckon you could stand a 50p piece on there with her running ! great job credit where credit is due !
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07-10-11, 11:32
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thanks Rich. It should sound better once I close off the advance and retard vacuum pick up on the inlet manifold. Thats open at the moment, as I am trying to sort out a pipe for it, but if you put your finger over it, it sounds even smoother. To be fair, its a brand new carburettor straight out of the box so I have not set it up at all as of yet. I need to give it a good run and see what it does, and what the mixture is like, but frankly a bit reluctant to start fiddling with it at the moment.
The exhausts are straight through silencers with baffling to the sides, in other words you can see right through them, and I reckon it should sound pretty mean once its all enclosed and put back together. The Ford Flathead V8 MUST be one of the best sounding engines of all time. I was on an historic car rally a while back and out of 105 entries the car that did it for me, was a prewar Ford two door coupe with a very sexy flathead V8 and well made exhaust. Boy did it sound good!
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