panzerjager bren project

[leo tomaiolo]

Originally Posted by Dave Newcomb

From Fordbarn.com and the Early Ford V8 Club Please do not mount [hang] your Flathead V8 from the bellhousings '32-48. there are numerous examples of those castings failing and dropping the engines. The safest method uses an exhaust mount plate of 3/8th " steel. Purchase or fabricate yourself, and still fits your engine stand rotator socket. newc

Since that picture was taken I made a side mount. And you can't see it but I do have a jack under the front of the block. But you are correct, hanging them by the Bell housing is sketchy.

[leo tomaiolo]

got my block back from being stitched. he did an incredible job. it needed a few spots done. ended up have to stitch in 2 of the cylinders. so he sleeved them after he was done stitching. he tested the block to 60 psi for 2 hours. judging from the amount of high hp block repairs he has done mine should be no problem. so next stop off to the machine shop.

[leo tomaiolo]

here's some better views of the repairs. you can see where the cracks went in to the cylinder wall. all of the stitching is done dry. when they put sleeved the cylinder they used a chemical bonding agent to install it. using the bonding agent removes the stress of pressing a sleeve in. i was quite impressed and a happy camper.

[leo tomaiolo]

heading up to the American History Museum this weekend to get some measurements off of the U.C. on display there.

[leo tomaiolo]

so the bren project has been on the back burner for a while. but i did manage to score some items i needed for it. 2 ok road wheels, drivers seat frame, shifter linkage guard, uncut front drivers armor plate, 2 armored radiator covers and the air duct for it. the dash was kind of in relic condition. but it gives me a template to make a new one and has most of the wiring and gauge lay out. so it sits quietly waiting for it's turn.