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29-07-08, 01:22
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Hey Alex. Just thought you might like this. www.arvimotors.com
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31-07-08, 17:14
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Edsels..
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Love your work...I am an Edsel fan since they hit the street in '58...The only model I ever built was a '58 Edsel convertible.. The 361 Edsel engine I had came out of a burned out American '59 station wagon.. We put it in a 1958 Ford four door sedan,an old taxi(Got it cheep) pink and white.. Nothing to indicate what it had in it for a mill but talk about power..The original six Ford engine was replaced but the 6 transmission hooked right up to the Edsel bell housing.. That transmission lasted about a week..chewed the cluster round on one burn...but we then tried a v8 Ford transmission..a little better ..lasted two weeks..Then the '54 Mercury truck four speed transmission was the only thing we could keep in it.. Had to change the rear end to a V8 one from the six 'cause we chewed that up too.. It seems we were allways changing something or other to get the correct spline configuration.. Changed the jets in the four barrel....it had 73's in the,primary and 69's in the secondary...(I think...it's been 45 years).. Really liked the smoke show on the web site..Took me back a long time..Thanks.      But it was a smoker..Used to go through those cheep Canadian tire two plys in about a week.. But those were the days..for ever under the hood or changing rear ends or transmissions..Knew every scrap yard on the east coast..
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01-08-08, 05:48
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Thats how a guy learns how to use wrenches.
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Model U.C. NO-2 MK II.* SERIAL 25680 HULL 24699. LOWER HULL 24742. ENGINE TL-26707-F. C.D. 2609. BUILT MAR. 25, 1944. CT 266677 Former WASP
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22-08-08, 09:18
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Hi all, a few pics of the gear change mech required for the 2 pound tank attack carrier and the Australian pattern mortar carrier. They are very fiddley and time consuming to make
Colin.
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22-08-08, 09:22
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Tack welded into position to make sure all functions correctly. Still have to make the gear change handle and the bottom plate.
Just can't seem to find enough time at the moment. Colin.
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22-08-08, 09:40
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Wow, nice piece of work, but you sure went for the more difficult option in radius turning on that shaft. A well-known way (as described in Model Engineer and other places) for producing ball handles is to ....take a large ball bearing. Red heat to soften, drill through. Silver solder to shaft. Done!
Steve.
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22-08-08, 10:09
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Hi Steve, yes that is another way, but the hardest part of that, is finding a ball bearing with a diameter of 44mm. Even if you found one bigger it would be so hard to reduce the dia, but thanks for your comments.
Colin. 
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