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Old 05-09-2022, 12:41 AM   #1
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I helped a buddy with some much needed parts for his model A that were not available in NZ. He called by today with some other thanks bits. I have quite a few speed gear parts as a display , heads , manifolds, etc etc . He gave me this today . I think it’s very cool . Maybe I have a twisted sense of cool …His grandsons dug it out of a bank ,with just a corner peeking out , with their bare hands. It’s going to look great among the shiny finned heads etc.
Do you think a helicoil and light surfacing is in order.? Oh yea some stop leak ?
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Old 05-09-2022, 12:43 AM   #2
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Ya for sure......... yikes
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Old 05-09-2022, 01:51 AM   #4
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I would get some small LED lites and appropriate mounting fixtures and make a hanging overhead light. I did something similar out of junk pallet wood and old glass insulators over a kitchen counter on the cheap. I have plans to do more stuff with many old Ford parts we inherited to repurpose into something. If a part can't be put back into service why not make it into something else useful? That head has character!
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A little of you Kiwi ingenuity will have it good as new in no time Bryan.
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I've always used "JB weld" in situations like that.
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It appears to me to be the elusive "Air Cooled" version . . .
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Love it. I go with tomcarman, repurpose it.
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Looks like pre-aluminum lightweight racing head, too bad you only have one.
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Tomcarman That looks sharp, great work!
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The first of the three photos brings this to mind...
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The first of the three photos brings this to mind...
Good one Gary! I hadn't noticed the voids that created the image.
Edvard Munch, "The Scream", 1893. More thought on how to potentially repurpose this old head into something not only useful but a work of art.
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Good one Gary! I hadn't noticed the voids that created the image.
Edvard Munch, "The Scream", 1893. More thought on how to potentially repurpose this old head into something not only useful but a work of art.
When I looked up that image, the text stated it was drawn with a mix of things like pastels, crayons and other stuff on a piece of cardboard. Surely a similar piece done in aluminum would have to be worth considerably more than a scratchy drawing on an old cereal box, huh?
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When I looked up that image, the text stated it was drawn with a mix of things like pastels, crayons and other stuff on a piece of cardboard. Surely a similar piece done in aluminum would have to be worth considerably more than a scratchy drawing on an old cereal box, huh?
Only if the artist died.
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