Light Yellow ST in Progress

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Here's one more qtr shot. This shows the shape of the flares better than the others. These are definitely not Turbo flares...

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While waiting for the primer to dry, John took a few more shots of the gaps and details of the body work.

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...And a few more pics of those gaps.

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While the body work is in progress, I have been putting together an engine that I will run in the car initially. It is a single plug 2.7L with JE 9.5 pistons, Solex cams, 40 Webers, with 36 mm/32 mm I/E ports on the heads, and it is built on a 67 aluminum case with all the correct mods done. My vision for this engine in the ST body is a rally car, with 8+9x15 Fuchs, and SSIs for heat (for those cold winter days on Northern Arizona mountain roads ). The engine was in my brother's track based 914 for a while, and it is very strong. I made a few changes, adding the red shroud, SSIs, engine oil cooler, and the 72-only crossover oil line. The factory metal air filter is from a 70 or 71 engine (and still needs some fresh paint), and I decided to use this rather than the K&N filters that it came with to give the engine a more period appearance. The manifolds are tall and I hope the metal air cleaner will clear a closed deck lid. It will be close.

[Longballa]

That looks tall. Is it going to fit in there? When is John spraying color on that bad boy!?

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Scott:

I have done some measuring and it will be a close fit over #4 with the grill. We'll see when I get the car back from John. He expects to have it done in about 2 weeks or so.

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Here is the pic that inspired my thoughts of using a stock air cleaner on the Webers. A 72/73 plastic air cleaner housing has been fitted to high butterflies, and it clears the deck lid grill. After going back and finding this pic, I tried fitting a 72 air cleaner housing to my Webers...and it fits fine. This later style housing, while not only being lighter, may offer less turbulent air flow into the velocity stacks inside the 'boats'. With the early style, the air plenum opens to the whole area of the 'boat', whereas the plastic one directs the air into each velocity stack. I haven't seen any discussion on engine performance differences between the 2 styles, maybe because they have never been tested back to back on a given engine. The plastic housing also has a slightly flatter section over #4 cylinder, which will give a little more clearance for my raised height Webers.

[nickR]

Inspiring Gib! Thanks for the updates.

[mrg3.6]

Fantastic thread Gib and those panel gaps....wow

Can't wait to see her in the flesh.

Martin

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The body is now in final primer. After the initial primer, the body was sanded down and checked for flaws in any surface. The doors, lids were removed for final prep, and the door jams, front trunk, engine bay were worked for paint. The bumpers were fit earlier and are also ready for paint. The next step is a very exciting stage for any project....getting bright new paint. Pics to come.