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LZ:
Tell me if Im wrong but its got to be among the first cars with a Fabbed rear housing??

JeffV8:
I was told Woody Gilmore  used propane bottles for the housing. I want to make one for my woody.

GlennLever:

--- Quote from: LZ on February 16, 2014, 09:39:42 AM ---
--- Quote from: GlennLever on February 15, 2014, 08:30:11 PM ---Luke, not sure why the quality of the image is not the best.

What were your settings when you did the scan?

You should be able to get a very clear document, if you send me the full size versions, and let me play I might be able to get a clear presentation. Possibly I would have to scan the original.

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Howdy Glenn:
My scans came out fine. This little cheapie Brother scanner I have has kind of amazed me with its quality. I resized the pics with my on board Microsoft resizing ( Microsoft Live Gallery) Have used this same procedure with other web sites. No issues. Now I am a computer looser, so am most likely doing something wrong.  :o

If you want I can E you the original scans. But you need to be working on your car.  ;)
  Only 8 weeks till FTNP.
I will give you other thoughts on this in Emails so as not to bore people.
on with it
Luke

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Only have pieces at the moment, the transmission is back from re certification and rebuild, new tires are sitting in the garage, aluminum pistons and rods are ordered, head gaskets ordered, but not here. Engine should be on Matt's dyno after gatornationals

janjon:
LZ, you asked a question about bellcrank offset. You addressed it to Roo, and I don't presume myself to be his equal, or even worthy to sweep his shop floor. But I do have an opinion. I don't think the offset can have anything to do with Akerman, given that you could offset the bellcrank the other way, to the left, necessitating only a longer steering link to keep the bellcrank geometry right so you have equal steering amounts and rates right-to-left. So the right-offset bellcrank allows a shorter steering link to the spindle arms, extremely slightly lighter and extremely slightly more rigid. The biggest effect I can see is that it puts the drag link tucked in really nice and tight to the nose. And maybe keeps a two-piece drag link straighter at the joint for more of the travel. Not much performance reason, but it LOOKS cleaner tight to the nose. But the front drag link could hit the bodywork at the extremes of travel if it were offset too far right.
 Or maybe I'm entirely off base. It would be good to see others' comments on your question. If I learned something from that, it wouldn't be the first time...
Thanks,
John Williams

ricardo1967:

--- Quote from: janjon on February 18, 2014, 06:07:38 PM ---.... I don't think the offset can have anything to do with Akerman...
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I agree with you John, it makes sense to me.

As for sweeping FED shop floors, I'd be honored to do it. Could I keep bits, pieces and scraps of cro-mo, titanium and molybdenum that I find around? :-)

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