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Crank case grey
The crank case came up awesome. It's actually a gun metal grey, the purple's is just the white balance on the shed camera being weird.
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Uploaded on Nov 10, 2007
All done
Case and cylinders all done. 3 coats on everything, it looks much better and was definitely worth undoing a few weeks work for.
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Uploaded on Nov 10, 2007
Cylinder's first coat
The cylinders are probably going to be the biggest improvement from the painting. This is after the first coat.
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Uploaded on Nov 10, 2007
Rod tubes at the ready
After I made a spray booth from spare stuff I made this little jig for holding all the push-rod tubes so I...
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Uploaded on Nov 10, 2007
First coat
Taking a few steps back
I made some more progress in October. Fortunately I cracked a pushrod tube and had to go out to the...
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Uploaded on Nov 10, 2007
2 Cylinders On
Starting to look like an engine now. And getting heavy. Unfortunately can't find my air deflectors so had to stop until I can find them.
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Uploaded on Sep 1, 2007
Cylinder 1 Half On
Cylinders Ready
Valve Springs
Everything ground down and working nice and smooth, shiny springs ready to go.
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Uploaded on Sep 1, 2007
New Heads!
Picked up from AVWPC. So, so, so very shiny. I thought the crankcase looked clean until I saw these.
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Uploaded on Sep 1, 2007
Oil Plate
Slowly filling in all the holes. Just cylinders to go now...
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Uploaded on Sep 1, 2007
Spanish Rings
All Pistons On
