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And the rest.

Glad everything went to plan and you got in before this rain came .

The cars look great.

What a great finish to a terrific build. Congrats guys !!!

Sniff, sniff, I always cry at weddings,
Nah well done guys....

Thanks guys for the replies.

Hi all,

well its been a long wait but I've finally received a picture of some of my trim being made in the states. Apparently its not far from being shipped. I've yet to see the bolster patterns for the seats and the completed door cards. The wait has been painful but the more I see the more I'm encouraged by the quality of the work. Just wish we could do it in Aus.
Anyway here's a pic of the red fleck reproduced so far. Its spot on from I can tell but I'm trying to confirm the red as it looks a little dark.
I bet Tim and a few others might be keen on it now.
A soon as I get some details of the rest of the trim I'll let everyone know.
Cheers.

A little more work done last week aside from the boat taking up much of my time.
Stainless exhaust with headers now done. Its now out to 1 3/4" with 2" muffler (yeh yeh big deal I know! ). Muffler joints flanged and bolted with an additional slip joint above the diff for easy removal if I need to later on. Performance is a little better now and now the engine appears to be running a little cooler (my temp sender is mounted at the hottest point at the back of the engine close to No6 exhaust port). Radiator is getting re-cored as the original one wasn't performing too well in the heat at highway speeds. I'm hoping to have that Thursday and be ready for our first car run Saturday.
Next step is to get on with fitting up the Weber and getting a little more poke out of the Grey. Mileage is still very steady at around 25 - 26 mpg (mix of highway & around town) so I'm happy with that so far.

A little update today.
Been trying to make a start on getting all the finishing touches done prior to the Nats.
Pulled the list today and I think a lot wont get done as time will beat me. Anyway I've finally got the weber on, sorted the linkage and choke.
Initial running is too lean with an off idle flat spot. I'm liking these carbs heaps as all rejetting is done directly from the top without fuel loss and in bugger all time. Changing venturi chokes takes all of 5 mins. So far I need to up my idle jets so I can richen up the progression ports. After that its just main and air correction jets, and emulsion tubes. Final testing will be done with a fuel ratio meter that I have but I need to get a bung welded into the exhaust. Wish I had the hindsight to have done that when I got the exhaust fitted!
I'm still yet to make up knew fuel, distributor vacuum, and wiper vacuum lines and I'm undecided on which way to route the fuel line away from the exhaust but keeping within the lines of the engine and rocker cover.......getting fussy I think! Work continues for the Nats....................

Are they ever really finished? Weber looks good on there though.

Thanks Brett.
Yeh I starting to understand what you mean. Just when I think I'm done..................
How U going with your EK?

Craig Allardyce wrote:Thanks Brett.
Yeh I starting to understand what you mean. Just when I think I'm done..................
How U going with your EK?

Yup, there's something else waiting.

Haven't touched the car yet, its a bit down the list before I get to it unfortunately.

Looking good Craig! Love the detail and can't wait to have a good gander at the Nats.

Stewart

Thanks Stewart. I'm looking forward to the Nats. I've been spending the last couple of days re-jetting the carby. Its quite a simple process with the only drama I have is with venturi sizing and main jets/emulsion tubes. I'm setting up a air fuel ratio meter so I can do some testing (wish I had a dyno) and get that sorted. I think I've raved enough about these carbies but they are really good for configuring to a particular engine. Yesterday I even changed out the main jets with the engine running!!!
How's old timer going?

Maybe I can scam cruise around the block in the Apache whilst we are at the Nats...?

Old Timer is going strong and enjoying taking her out when I can.

[quote="parisian62"] Maybe I can scam cruise around the block in the Apache whilst we are at the Nats...?

Sure thing. I'm sure we can arrange something.