C8 progress in Texas

[Alex van de Wetering]

Wow that's brilliant.....how do you "hide" UFO material from curious public.....just put it on the shelf of a DIY store

Excellent update again David. I am still hoping to find an insulation which is not that shiny silver on the outside, but as that is part of the function it will probably be very hard to find nowadays. Some of the racing guys have similar material, but that usually has the brand printed on the surface about a thousand times which doesn't help on a historic vehicle.

I loved your youtube vid by the way. Excellent work!


Alex

[Bob Carriere]

Beautiful job.... as usual for you.

What did you use for the wire....? Phil had used Mig solid core wire...?

Sure I can find a pair of pliers that I can either grind or weld and grind to match the original staples hole width.

I think that we are limited to using silver foil as in silver aluminium coating of some sort..... the shinnier it is the better to refect heat. Not original but may be the best we can hope for...... it will loose some of it's shine over time with surface corrosion, dirt, oil spray, etc.

And if anybody asks..... well it was squirreled away from some UFO storage facility..... if you come back at night I can show you how it glows....

Thanks for your help David.

Bob

[Ganmain Tony]

Great job David....

How about another You tube video of you taking the new/old girl for a spin?

[David DeWeese]

Thanks Alex, I guess the shiney stuff is all you can get these days for heat protection. I did find some 4' x 8' x 3/8" sheets of asbestos behind my shop if you really want to go original. I can give you a great price on them.

Thanks Bob. I used some small diameter stainless wire to make the staples. The mig wire works good also, but was stiffer and more difficult to make sharp 90-degree bends without mashing down the type of material I used.

Thanks Tony. I took the rocker arm assemblies off the truck right after I made that video, and it's been down since. It had major wear in the rocker shafts and was very noisy. Finally got it all sorted out today, so tomorrow the engine covers go on and I can drive it again.

Thanks, David

[David DeWeese]

Hi,
Spent the day installing my engine covers. Feels good to get this behind me as they were a real pain to install. They still look a little beat up, but after 4 1/2 years of looking at that engine it was time to finally cover it up!

I must say that the engineers who designed the truck tried their best to get the most interior space they could for the occupants.....had to grind off the vacuum plug on the side of the intake manifold just to make the left side cover fit.

After I put on the panel that covers the spark plug opening, I can install the steering wheel and seats for good,(have been driving it sitting on a milk crate)....still have a lot of screw heads to paint.

Had a question: Before sandblasting the covers I noticed the faint remains of a decal located on the right cover next to the data plate. Looked original. Anyone know what it might have been, and is it being reproduced by anyone?

Thanks, David

[Phil Waterman]

Hi David

Here is one possible decal, about 1 1/4 x 2 1/2 this one is on my HUP. There is another that is larger that I have seen on Pattern 12s I'll look for a picture of that one.

What size would you say the one on your truck was?

Cheers Phil

[Alex van de Wetering]

Thanks Alex, I guess the shiney stuff is all you can get these days for heat protection. I did find some 4' x 8' x 3/8" sheets of asbestos behind my shop if you really want to go original. I can give you a great price on them

Thanks David.....but it will probably kill me....the postage that is

Attached are two shots showing decal remains. the first one is my C8, the second is a C8 that is for sale at LWDparts. The decal in Phils picture seems to be the same size and shape.

Alex