Im working on my headers, winging it ‘50’s style garage racer with mid 30’s torque tubes...just sharing....
'Roadster for a Renee Day!' Lovely, am crazy about the oval hole you located for the dump tubes. Bet those glass packs sound just like the ones did on my 'A' Coupe. (1.75" diameter, pencil tips made for a deep "woooom". Yours look like 2"...) Chevy guys were envious, sounded sooo 'tuned'! Mill was .060" over, stock stroke. Weber F-2 cam gave it some breath, but biggest boost was from high compression (9:1) heads, dual 94s, matched ports, and a smooth relief job. Are you using vacuum controls on your Columbia O.D.? I made a cool mechanical linkage for Teddy DeMello's '40 Coupe with Columbia rear. 402" Buick took up the slack and scattered at all over Bellomy Street! Teddy drove like a gorilla. NICE roadster! Lucky Renee.
My Mum Renee’s birthday this week.....although slowed by severe Alzheimer’s, she still gets out in the garage and sorts nuts and bolts. The car has been quite a journey over the past 18 months....my goal is to get it running and drive mom down the local Christmas Day Parade. I’m racing against the clock though, so much more to do!
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