Kevin Purcell’s Toys

[Mike K]

Robert,

Can you take a few pics of his compressor setup for the blasting cabinet

MIKE

[hrpearce]

Will do Mike.
More painting and parts being bolted back on...

[hrpearce]

More pictures

[hrpearce]

This post catches up to the present.
The engine is finally back from the machiene shop.
They told Kevin the crank would have to be ground at least .040" and more likely .050" so he bought bearings to suit both posibalities, it came back ground to .030" so he is ordering more bearings now.

[Keith Webb]

Thanks for sharing these Robert.

I'm really enjoying them. Nothing like an unfolding story I reckon.

Should be doing more of this myself except my hands are usually too greasy and filthy to pick up a camera.

[Max Hedges]

Should be doing more of this myself except my hands are usually too greasy and filthy to pick up a camera.

I'm a bit of bugger at this too Keith, I should be putting up photos of the engines that I have pulled down (6 of them) to find a good one and the progress of reasembly, I have one back together and finally found one v8 block that I could use the 40 thou piston set as you know Keith I usually wait for your to come to take a heap of photos for me.

[hrpearce]

Keith on my way home from work I'm more likely to be covered in cow s*** than grease. When I was working on my blitz I had the camera wraped in a rag so I could take progress photos.