My 26T Coupe build thread

[lamin8r]

I am pretty much speechless [almost] when it comes to you two guys[including Ken],The bar is so high,I think I can walk clear underneath it...
Its all just too much,,darn fabulous workmanship you two guys are doing..

[roadster32]

Thanks mate, its appreciated.
I feel like i''m sounding a bit rude calling you mate but i don't know your name ??? I must say though that i've felt very much at home here, everybody has been very nice to me

I am pretty much speechless [almost] when it comes to you two guys[including Ken],The bar is so high,I think I can walk clear underneath it...
Its all just too much,,darn fabulous workmanship you two guys are doing..

[Ken Thurm]

Steve,
It looks awsome!

[lamin8r]

Thanks mate, its appreciated.
I feel like i''m sounding a bit rude calling you mate but i don't know your name ??? I must say though that i've felt very much at home here, everybody has been very nice to me

Dont worry bout that Steve..if people want to be rude,they call me much worse..
Can call me just about anything but late for a meal...but officially,its Robin..And all on here can call me that..Everyone else does..

[roadster32]

Thanks Robin, I like to use peoples names as it seems rude otherwise.

My nickname from school has always been Langy and a lot of my close friends still call me that but it really annoys me when people that i have never met call me it, makes them seem too familiar hence i like to use peoples proper names.

Dont worry bout that Steve..if people want to be rude,they call me much worse..
Can call me just about anything but late for a meal...but officially,its Robin..And all on here can call me that..Everyone else does..

[roadster32]

Well was hoping to get a fair bit done over the xmas break but catching a nasty virus scuppered most of the work planned but i did get to sort out my PCV valve, make a timing pointer and my generator parts back from the chromer so at least i could get the body copper flaked and it all reassembled.



The PCV valve (thanks Don) is in the rear of the lifter gallery and is screwed into a tapped hole via a 90 degree adaptor. A simple box baffle was bolted in place on the inside.

















I had a stock steel timing pointer which i had hoped to chrome but it was too bent and twisted so took measurements from it and machined one from a big hunk and my mate engraved the degree marks on it for me.











The pulleys on a Cadillac are cast steel and incredibly heavy so before chroming I got them on the lathe and put them on a diet.

The water pump pulley weighed in at 2.25 lbs and after machining it was down to 1.5 lbs, a lot better.

Unfortunately the chromer thought it mounnted the other way around so didn't polish the bolt face so a stainless finisher was made up to cover it.















Here its mounted on the old dummy pump as my new aluminium pump isn't here yet.











Somebody asked how the fan gaurd was held in place so here you can see the small tabs that are accesse through the gaurd holes.















The mounting plate that bolts to the block was also put on a diet as i wasn't happy with the shape, better now.











The generator body was cleaned completely back to bare metal and received 2 coats of epoxy primer and 3 coats of 2k hi build, this was then flatted off and the base coat applied followed by the flake coats and finally 6 coats of clear applied in 2 sessions of 3 coats, I've left it in gun finish as its super smooth.

Lechlar primers & Max Meyer lacquers were used.

















The squre headed special bolts that hold the magnets in place had been installed by a gorilla in the past and were pretty burred up so a couple of polished stainless buttons were made up and epoxy glued in place to tidy them up.











Happy new year