Dino Restoration

Jon,
We're waiting..................

 

He's figuring out how to put it all back together

 

"Now where do these extra gaskets and bolts go...?"

 

Jon,
Where have you been going for plating? Am having trouble geting re-chrome done in LA. Thanks.
John

 

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Originally Posted by John Corbani
Jon,
Where have you been going for plating? Am having trouble geting re-chrome done in LA. Thanks.
John

John:
The usual suspects in LA are Christensen Plating in Vernon (a lot of Pebble Beach quality work, but often with a big backlog) and Vern's in Gardena (favorite of hotrod showcar guys). Both are good guys, both are careful not to lose anything (I've given them both little unopbtanium Aston Martin parts and not worried), and I think each will listen to you about the level of the work you want.
Christensen: (323) 585-8730
Vern's: (323) 754-4126

 

Jon,
Did either of those two shops do the zinc plating for you? Also, I work in downtown LA (just finished up a class action law suit in San Francisco but paid 1.8 million) so it was a pitty that we did not get together for lunch at a local dive. Let me know the next time you are in the area. China town is also just around the corner. Andrew

 

Am I correct to assume that this is a list of items he stole from you?!? Wow. For the Porsche 917-30 #006 I'd start with Gunnar Racing ( www.gunnarracing.com ). They seem to know where all the 917 are or at least could send you in the right direction.

Congrats and good luck!

 

Jon, check out EARLS. The store I go to in San Diego is called Industrial Liquidators and it is just off the 52 on Balboa. I know there is another store that has EARLS up in San Marcos which I believe may be nearer to you? It may even be another Industrial Liquidators. I remember it as being just off San Marcos Airport Road but I never went in there.

Either way they can supply almost anything you can think of or will need for braided line and fittings including tools. The only tools you will need are a Dremel, a set of aluminum spanners and a set of aluminum soft-jaws for your vice. There are a few tricks to building lines but they are not very hard. It depends on what kind of braided line you get. I used 'standard' lines for my 240Z (I ended up using all braided lines from the fuel cell to the engine), my friend bought all 'race' lines for his Datsun 510 project and his are much harder to assemble because they have about 2x as many individual strands of wire whose ends are all free to go everywhere while you are trying to put them together.

Basically, wrap a piece of tape around the place you want to cut (electrical tape is fine) and with a Dremel and a fiber cutting wheel cut cleanly through the line. I found going all the way around to get all the wire first worked best, then finish the rubber center. Getting it straight takes some practice but getting the cut straight is important. Remove the tape being careful to keep the wire ends from splaying, feed the backshell of the fitting on over the wire (again being very careful, clamp the fitting in your soft jaws, and assemble the two parts together. They also sell lubricant but I never found it really necessary. I am sure that if you talk to the guys in the store they will be happy to tell you about it. They are generally pretty knowledgeable (and Industrial Liquidators is a really cool store to browse around in). If you are going to order online EARLS is part of the Holley group of companies (Holley, Hooker Headers, Etc.) and you can get anything from Holley online or from one of the American companies like JEGS or Summit Racing online.

 

Dear Jon, how long do you think it will be until you start putting color on the car? Any trouble getting any parts? Missing anything? Have you any close-ups of the metal work that was done to the damaged headlight area? This is going to be one awesome car.....

 

Jon - have you located the blue-green Cavis Benz 23 mm hose that runs from the fuel filler neck to the passenger tank? Yours has that colon-brown look that they all develop over time.

I found the fun part in refurbishing all of the small parts, as you have with the throttle foot-pedal mechanism. There is great pleasure when driving when you press the pedal, and you know how every bushing and pin move, and that they have all been polished and lubricated. The brake pedal, clutch pedal, and vacuum sub-assembly was especially pleasing to disassemble and refurbish.

Thanks for getting back to the "real" work in life.

Jim S.

 

Yes. All mine are in my basement gathering dust for the guy who wants to win at Concours. All you need is the oil vapor separator. All the little vacuum ports get plugged. No little hoses left in the engine compartment and access is great. I used black fuel tubing to connect vents together. Looks better and flexes nicely. Stays flexible where Vinyl tubing gets hard or gets pinched. Don't forget to plug second small tube on right tank. You will dump fuel if you don't.
John