"There is nothing like a smell of burnt ignition wires and melted plastic fuel lines in the morning..."strad wrote: ↑13 Aug 2018, 01:441967-512-Ferrari-V12
http://www.stradsplace.com/photos/1967- ... ri-V12.jpg
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"There is nothing like a smell of burnt ignition wires and melted plastic fuel lines in the morning..."strad wrote: ↑13 Aug 2018, 01:441967-512-Ferrari-V12
http://www.stradsplace.com/photos/1967- ... ri-V12.jpg
Header workmanship is outstanding and of course the Eagle is gorgeous. I assume the chrome on the headers is over-restoration?e36jon wrote: ↑19 Aug 2018, 18:52Along the lines of "How did they ever make those headers?!?", I submit the Gurney Eagle F1 car (Posted at least once elsewhere.), with headers by Phil Remington. These were made by the 'filled with oil-soaked sand and then capped, then mandrel bending' method. That description doesn't begin to do the process justice. These were not made from sections and then ground and buffed to visually remove the weld beads. These are single piece tubes from the header flange to the collector. I really can't imagine how it was done. Even checking a bend seems impossible, with a length of straight pipe on either end, and other pipes already in place? I'll be in the bar...
Wouldn't doubt it. Chrome would add weight.. or would paint weigh more?I assume the chrome on the headers is over-restoration?
You sure they are chromed, and not just natural metal?bill shoe wrote: ↑20 Aug 2018, 01:40No, I'm too cynical by half. Here's a picture from (claimed) 1967 that shows chromed exhaust headers. The mechanic pants/shoes confirm the time period. So the headers were chromed on some of the Eagle cars.
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/cc/9a/56/cc9a ... o-cars.jpg
I will say they are shiny. Very shiny. Yes could be polished metal.wuzak wrote: ↑20 Aug 2018, 05:58You sure they are chromed, and not just natural metal?bill shoe wrote: ↑20 Aug 2018, 01:40No, I'm too cynical by half. Here's a picture from (claimed) 1967 that shows chromed exhaust headers. The mechanic pants/shoes confirm the time period. So the headers were chromed on some of the Eagle cars.
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/cc/9a/56/cc9a ... o-cars.jpg