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I was all on-board for the new Burtz motor. We went to a Model-A National convention in June & he was one of the speakers. What I didn't expect was that despite the engineered updates, the motor still made no more power vs an original. I'm not spending >$6500 for a non original Ford set-up that made no more power vs the 90yr old babbit bearing 3-main motor currently in it.

Heck, a bone stock 305 out of a late 70's GM car was double the power @ a fraction of the cost. Same w/the trans gearing. Later model stuff has much better gear splits & synchonizers @ a lower cost.

We'll keep the Cabriolet close to Oe (OE block, Brumfield hi-compression head, FSI 12v ignition, '39 synchronized 3spd, Mitchell OD). If I find a coupe... V8 w/a 5spd.

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I don't want to afford a Burtz motor, it costs around €12,000 assembled in Europe, no way. The original engine, rebuilt with new bearing shells and gaskets, different cylinder head with 6:1, camshaft, carburetor and exhaust manifold, should put out 60-70hp, enough for 50-60 mph on small country roads. I dream of road trips with overnight stays on small country roads, quite comfortably. We will clarify that in the autumn. Sure a little flathead or a 289, I'd even have that lying around, that would be the easier way and a lot cheaper, I'm tempted to build the car with a 4Banger, It's gonna hurt my wallet:D

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Done, the Hood is now painted, I sanded the mistakes wet and polished them again, there are still light scratches from wet sanding in the neon light, you can't see any of that in daylight, let's see if I can fix it.

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Nice. You're making some good time getting the sheet-metal from old to new.

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That hood looks great! Your project is really coming along!

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Very nice. I hope I can get my hood to look that good.

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Thank you for your words, I always have to walk longer distances to reach my goal, but the goal is within sight.

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You really do knock iy out the park Harald.

Looks beautiful.


Just to hijack the thread a bit….

My friend Dennis built his 66 on a 2015 Nascar truck with all the bits.

https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds

https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds

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Thank you, yes I was already looking at the pictures with envy, a completely different level, beautiful truck, very nice details, say hello to me.

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It goes on, I wrote that the Hood still had fine Scratches from wet sanding, it didn't let me rest, it didn't get better with polishing, I wet sanded it again with 1500, 3000 and 6000 and then polished it once, now I am satisfied and will polish the hood when it is assembled. At the moment it's very sluggish, my mom was sick and we were always driving back and forth, I had promised my wife to help remodel her sewing room. But I started with a side panel of the truck bed.

Annoying is the quarter panel doesn't fit, the flange edge is about 50° wrong, which I had to correct and the corners don't fit properly, that was also adjusted.

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There was still a patch for the lower wheel arches.

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Mann, ich bin soooo sauer auf die schlechte Qualität von Patch- und Reproduktionsartikeln. Wir alle wissen, dass es genauso viel Arbeit ist, einen guten Artikel zu machen, wie es ist, einen schlechten Artikel zu machen. Manchmal möchte ich den Unternehmen Blut abnehmen, die diese Produkte herstellen, die dann viele Stunden zum Aussortieren benötigen. Sie werden es jedoch sicherlich alles richtig machen. Wie immer liebe ich es, Ihre Arbeit und Arbeitsmoral zu beobachten.
Rian.

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Thanks for your kind words, I agree, it's annoying to adapt the bad parts, but there are no alternatives, we all manage to build awesome trucks out of them over and over again.

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It's slowly Progressing, I had to make a new Spacer Strut, because where the Strut was welded to the side part, the Wheel Arches are also rusted through, so Patches are also needed.
The Quarter Panel is Welded in, the weld seam I lead filled this time, well.... the rest was smoothed out with "Lead" on 2K Epoxid Basic.
Now I can put Epoxy Primer on it tomorrow.

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Vorbereitung für Epoxid Grundierung.

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Applied the epoxy primer today.

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Oooohhhh My Word !!

That looks amazing Harald.

Well done.

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damn! looking great!!!

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The Hood is assembled, I had to exchange the Hinges for new ones, the old Hinges pushed the Hood up, after it was closed, now everything fits.

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Looks great. The body work is impressive.

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Well done.

These last photos look almost like a model set up.

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It could almost be a model.
Today I wanted to sanding the primer, it hasn't dried through yet, maybe it's a bit too thick, tomorrow I'll put the infrared heater over it.

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Today there was a Setback..... I put the Infrared Heater over the Panel. After some time there were Bubbles on the edge of the Bodyfiller, the Temperature was 50°/ approx.125 degrees Fahrenheit. This happened in 2 places, I could simply peel off the areas with the spatula. The rest was fine, something was wrong with the hardener and filler. I started all over again and filled with new Bodyfiller the spots.
#@€#% happens.
Better now than later.

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Unfortunately as you say….. this happens.

And rather now, than later in a year or more.

Good luck with correcting it.

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I'm sure I made a mistake when mixing the Hardener and Body Filler, so today we made something nice for it.
My Buddy Sold his 60 Apache to Hamburg and took it to the Buyer, I drove with him and took it back, nice Road Trip and great Weather.

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Corrected my mistake, new body filler, everything sanded and new based primer surfacer.
Oh boy, you can make life difficult for yourself. :D
The head part was done at the same time.
Let dry and sand again.

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Now it's time for the right panel,
I wonder if the guys took part in Auto Cross with it.
The panel is a Challenge, let's start with it and then see what comes out.

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Began to straighten the deformation.

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I enjoyed using a slapping file (I make my own) and a shrinking disc to get out the fine warbles.

https://www.eastwood.com/media/catal...3/p31044_5.jpg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/..._AC_SY355_.jpg

And it's amazing how much defect a good coat of Slick Sand can hide (grin).

(I hate doing bodywork)

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Amazing what there is, I can get a slapping file. A shrinking disc is fairly unknown here in Europe, I first watched it on YouTube, great tool, I found one who built a shrinking disc out of a cocking Pot Lid, very interesting, thanks Sir.

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As long as the parts recommended by SkinnyG are not available, it will continue old school, the long dent is fil up quite, well I also like the curvature quite a lot, but there are still large flat dents that should come out, started at the back.

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Impressive metal moving there Harald.

You guys are like alchemists.

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Nice work on the bed sides! I gave up on mine. I don't have the skills or the patience to get them straight.

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Thank you for your kind words, unfortunately I have no alternatives, there are few Fleetside bed panels in Germany, I have to make the best of them, the body filler has to do the rest.

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I'm still banging on the sheet metal, the slapping file is a good help, the parts for my shrinking disc have arrived.
The Wheel Arches and the inner supports are welded. Because of the accident, I have to get the lower Wheel Arch back to its original shape, but I will.

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Since I'm always banging on the Sheet Metal, I wanted to do something different in between, so I took care of the Model A and brought it to life, what can I say, after decades it just started, crazy, I'm thrilled. The picture shows it in the condition I bought it, after which the seller roughly assembled the car.
A Video about the Engine Start.
https://youtu.be/49RU_YVCvu4

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very cool

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Excellent.

Well done, again.

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Jealous I am!!! that is so cool!! I have a possible running 1940 Chevy Business Coupe I am getting for a steal that I am excited about.

Congrats on the running !!!! that is super cool

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A '40 Chevy Business Coupe is a cool car, I really like that too. I'm developing backwards and getting a taste for it, started with a '68 Mustang, now the '62 C10, now the '31 Model A Coupé, I think my fleet is fine now.