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From: Charles Perry (charles carolina-sound.com)
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| Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 07:02:22 -0800 (PST) | |
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I’m pretty sure that if we look at your hourly rate as a dino-finder / consultant to dino-finders, you are WAY upside down on your friend’s carbs versus $800
replacement. However, as a quest for personal satisfaction at having rescued an injured machine, “priceless,” as they say. I don’t know if it was serendipitous or not, but your link folder being “charro” for these guys made me smile.
My winter car projects languish as I try to complete my conversion of our old pole barn into a storage shed & workshop. Have a little plumbing and electrical
rough-in left to do before I can finish insulation and then sheetrock. This will allow me to recover my two home garage bays when I move their contents to the new shed. This may not lead to progress in car projects, but at least some of my cars will be available
at the house when I want them for drives. Really my only projects are the TR ignition switch and FI crossover tube (like yours), and then much more serious surgery on the Corvette. I found a good wiring harness and dash structure from a wreck, so those need
to get put in to see if we can make that beast a reliable driver again. Silly to put that much time, effort and money into a C4, but lots of us do stupid things for sentimental reasons… From: Ferrari [mailto:ferrari-bounces+charles=carolina-sound.com [at] ferrarilist.com]
On Behalf Of Rick Lindsay Happy New Year, my friends! Nothing much going on here on the south coast. The Testarossa sits quietly in storage where its been for too long. I've gotten another couple of cars out, cleaned them up, and given them a little exercise. I need to put a starter on the
TR then it will be back to the little British cars. Looked at classic car prices lately? They have really turned around. Check Hagerty's Valuation guide next time you're bored! Ferraris are going insane. :-o I think I told you that I have added another car to the scuderia. If not, its a 1978 Lotus Esprit S2, in James Bond white/white. The car sat unused for about 18 months so the fuel went stale. Evaporation left gum in the carburetors. I recently rebuilt the carbs, gaining experience with Dellortos. They're side draught carburetors not unlike Weber DCOEs. And in fact, the DHLA45s are physically interchangeable with DCOEs. But where DCOEs are more of a racing application,
the DHLAs handle progression much better. That translates into better low (engine) speed drivability. Here's how they look on my Esprit. A friend on the Esprit e-mail list recently bought a '77 Esprit S1 that had suffered an engine fire. Yea Clyde. An engine fire. I volunteered to try to resurrect the crispy Dellortos, having just rebuilt mine. Here's how they looked upon
arrival at my door. Yea. Yuck! Here's a picture of the rear carb, restoration-in-progress. Its going to be just fine. The front carb was the source of the fire, or at least, the locus of the fire. I believe I can save this carb too but the job is monumental. At $800 a piece for new, its worth a try. So that's the car update from Houston. How are your winter projects progressing? Best, -rick |
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