Great work. You have amazing vision . As a flatheat enthusiest ,having owned what I thought was every model sidevalve that ford made ,including Beaulieu ,chambord and vidette ,your engine has the waterpumps in a position I have never seen on French v8s . Mine all had a single pump cast as part of the front distributer /front cover .curiouse and curiouser .Anyone got the facts on why go from a good setup to a worse one ,or is this block a very early style ?
I believe Ford came up with the 1 pump design in 53 on the Vedette because it's the year of the new and improved cooling system called "thermo-compensateur Equiflux" it had higher volume capacity and it was completely redesigned. They also called it the climatised engine So 2 things or yours got an engine /radiator swap or maybe early 53 didn't get the new and improved engine.
The guards are still toooooooo big! I think arrive at the desired result. I’m thinking of installing tips exhausts in the bumper.. Has to think..
Soon finished! It remains to choose the Exhaust round or oval... And I closed the back of the guards for massive look !
Very nice. In the beginnig I thought the large guards would look better. But for me now they are perfect. they dont look to heavy.
[email protected] is good...you are a gifted Hamber All around...I've been checking out your videos...and like your craftsmanship in Custom, very very impressive...
Yes! but chrome by vacuum metallization by cathodic pulverization + clear 2K . the advantage is that one can use bondo to fill defects!
Nicely done! I think a lot of traditional rides could benefit from this kind of incognito safety feature.
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