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REBUILDING THE POLY 6- Machining, reassembling
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Having assessed the damage, it was necessary to order the parts needed for the rebuilding |
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01/10/2010: some good news. The cranshaft is good enough, and so seem to be the conrods; later we'll find that one rod had actually overheated so badly that we had to fit a new pair |
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8/11/2010: Andrea Gordini checks the camshaft. The spares were delivered to Gordini garage. It looks like Falcon Sales really did a superb job in assembling everything that will be required for the rebuild |
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07/02/2011: after a long pause, rebuild resumes. Rods and pistons have been installed on the machined crankshaft |
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The engine bay had some rough spots, especially where some brake fluid had corroded the paint. It has been repainted: here we have a classic 'before' (L) and 'after' (R) shot. The hefty wooden bar supports the gearbox/torque converter unit while the engine is out of the car |
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On the left, I think that the crudely painted 'SER.N.5' was a progressive number for the body. Mr Bedosti retouched it to make it exactly as it was originally. The new chassis number plate looks nice; the car covered whilst the engine is completed (2 March) |
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4 March: the Gordini brothers work to put the rebuilt V8 back in the engine bay of my 409 |
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The torsion bar 'springs' have a couple of adjustment screws that are somewhat differently set from one side to another. The exhaust supports need some refurbishment as well |
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The good ole 318 Poly back into the car (9 March 2011) |
Some progress (14 March) |
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16 March: the 318 lives again! (click on the picture to download the 17Mb file from Rapidshare) |
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