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eightsandaces · 03-12-2010, 12:04 PM

When Porter Cable met Fiat

30 year old paint..

Christian H · 03-12-2010, 12:22 PM

That is such a pretty car, care to post more pics?

Quickurt · 03-12-2010, 12:39 PM

I had a BRG 124 Spyder, I think a 1970, if I remember right. I loved it and had an absolute hoot with it. It handled unbelievably on the big wide gravel roads around Wichita Falls, TX. I ended up selling it to buy my first 911.
Yours looks better than mine ever did, but that was before the days when looks were as important as performance!!

eightsandaces · 03-12-2010, 02:46 PM

Tough to get a good shot of her in the garage, Monday is supposed to me nice, here's one more till then. Oh and Kurt thanks for the props, it's actually still my 83 yr old dad's, he has always taken good care of it but the work I put in this winter really shows, there is zero glass in it too..

eightsandaces · 03-12-2010, 02:56 PM

Uno Mas for you motorheads

Quickurt · 03-12-2010, 06:55 PM

Man does that bring back memories!! Mine tended to burn number 4 exhaust valves.
I think I replaced 3 of them in the three years I had mine. It was a pain to adjust valves with the spacer plates, too. Not as bad as Cosworth BDAs, but harder than 911's, and that is saying something!!

eightsandaces · 03-13-2010, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Quickurt

Man does that bring back memories!! Mine tended to burn number 4 exhaust valves.
I think I replaced 3 of them in the three years I had mine. It was a pain to adjust valves with the spacer plates, too. Not as bad as Cosworth BDAs, but harder than 911's, and that is saying something!!

Haha yeah bucket & shims, luckily my father was a wizard with that ****************, once you had them dialed in they stayed adjusted a long time. Frankly, for 1971, DOHC, 5 speed, all wheel disc, rarity in that period.

I didn't know till I was an adult that my dad was asked to move to Indy and build race engines for one of the teams but he had a family and business so he had to bail. I can't wait till he sees it, at 61000 miles, it's remarkably fresh, should be a hoot this summer. Those are brand new Kumho's with brand new KYB TT gas shocks.

Lil bastard · 03-13-2010, 06:57 AM

Yep... Inverted Bucket Tappets - Automotive Hell!

Years ago I did make an Excel program which allowed you to mic the existing shims and move them around so that a minimum of shims needed to be ordered.

I believe I did that for my old Euro Mkt. 124 - below.

Cheers!