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Originally Posted by Rob. Smith
...Building a car from scratch is a very rewarding task !
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Rob, which S&M Club do you frequent!
The Vanilla Sky car was from Tom McBurnie’s ThunderRanch, now trading as Carrera Coachwerks.
I make no pretence it’s other than what it is – a Datsun with Chev running gear and a fibreglass body. I take the approach that if I can get something to look like a genuine Ferrari item then I’ll go ahead, e.g. knock-offs. I don't want something that looks like it came from a $2 shop and has a Ferrari sticker on it.
The valve covers are kinda pushing the limits. I found them on eBay, fairly cheap considering they had been machined out of a solid billet. My initial thoughts were to run a series of welds along the top surface and engrave back to the raised ‘Ferrari’ pattern; however, when I measured them I discovered that the top area was 6mm thick which was enough for engraving.
I first welded up the two inner mounting points (gee, I hope the whole thing doesn’t leak) then I had the ‘Ferrari’ and grooves engraved, and then I gave it a light skim with a fly cutter to remove the manufacturer’s engraving. Finally the larger areas were fly cut to leave the raised pattern and I gave it all a deburr.
They will be painted wrinkle black before final installation.