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Post by gwadagone on Jan 14, 2014 11:20:52 GMT -8
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Post by rasputen on Jan 14, 2014 14:04:20 GMT -8
Or maybe an Austin Healey 3000?
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Post by dustymojave on Jan 20, 2014 0:08:58 GMT -8
Nice piece, even if it is a bastard. I'm quite certain that a driver putting that dual quad Shelby Ford engine to work would soon find those Borrani wires NOT up to the job, not counting the rest of the drivetrain and suspension.
I DO feel the AC was a much better choice for Shelby than a Siata.
I worked on restoring a couple of 208S recently. One is finished, the other is waiting on money from the owner for progress to resume.
Unfortunately, the pictures are on a hard drive which got a virus and was wiped. I'm told it will be recoverable, but it will cost dearly. So I can't share those pics with you now.
Interesting little 2.0 liter V8 with aluminum block and heads, with iron sleeves. One of the cars I've worked on also had an American V8 crammed in it. It wasn't done nicely. Large sections of The plate steel frame rails had to be re-fabricated. The bodywork on both was pretty bad, as they had both been crashed repeatedly and very crudely repaired. But the one is now VERY nice. Painted a pretty maroon/burgundy non-metallic color and with it's original engine in place running very nicely.
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Post by Patrick on Jan 20, 2014 9:36:59 GMT -8
I would say the AMT Cobra would be the best starting point. I always say...never bite off more than you can eschew!
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Post by dustymojave on Feb 23, 2014 10:15:00 GMT -8
A week and a 1/2 ago, my associate who has a 208S project in his shop mid-course, received a phone call from a lady with a familiar last name. It turned out she was the wife of the owner of the Siata in question. Or I should say, the widow of said owner, as he had passed away of a heart attack 10 days prior. She was going through his things and found an email with an invoice for work on the Siata and called to inquire just what the invoice was about. It seemed she had known nothing of the car. The car is in the middle of restoration with the work on the chassis (it had once been seriously hacked up to install a Chevy V8) and much of the inner structure pretty much all done, but the hand formed aluminum body still looking like a spandex bag of walnuts and the aluminum V8 still awaiting re-build. I doubt the widow will be able to continue the work and it will probably be sold off. I hope it can be continued and finished much as the other one which has passed through the shop.
The guy was healthy, 50 years old, with no signs of heart trouble, exercising in his home, and dropped. Kinda scary.
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Post by dustymojave on Feb 23, 2014 10:28:04 GMT -8
On the subject of building a model of the Shelby Ford powered car mentioned above, I want to point out that while the engine in the Cobra kit is right and the body work may be altered without too much gnashing of teeth, the chassis are QUITE DIFFERENT. AS long as one is building a shelf model rather than a completely correct sort of model, the AC chassis in the AMT kit will work fine. If I can remember, I'll try to take some pics to share.
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Post by dustymojave on Dec 20, 2017 0:53:12 GMT -8
A few pics of a Siata 208S under restoration: This is at VIR in 1960. Supposedly the same car being restored in the following photos. We had a huge 4' wide blow-up of this photo in the shop while working on the car.  As found in Mexico a few years ago:  Mid-Restoration - Chassis repaired  |
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Post by dustymojave on Dec 20, 2017 0:56:52 GMT -8
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Post by dustymojave on Dec 20, 2017 1:03:35 GMT -8
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Post by dustymojave on Dec 20, 2017 1:07:25 GMT -8
The engine standing upright on the shop floor:  The intake manifolds are cast as part of the heads. The upward facing exhaust ports met headers that swept up and out to collect at the inner fender panel, from there a 2" pipe went down to just under the outboard frame rail to just in front of the rear tire, then turn in to near the center, and back under the differential and out the back. The block and gearbox standing on end on the shop floor:  By googling, you can find pictures of completed restored cars and see the headers, intake, air cleaner and carbs. Also interior views are available. |
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Post by pico on Feb 1, 2018 4:16:15 GMT -8
Richard, You are literally sitting on top of the answer of where to get a Siata body. That body can be photographed with a digital camera, the photos uploaded to a site that converts them to a 3d mesh, which is downloaded to you. That mesh can be modified to be 3d printed in any scale. Here's some info on the subject: www.lifewire.com/what-is-photogrammetry-2250 . I've scanned 1/43rd models and had them 3d printed in 1/24th scale, but size doesn't make any difference. PM me and let's kick his project into gear. Also, I've 3d printed a Fiat/Siata 8V, working on that today, photos later. Who is attending the inaugural Philly NNL on March 10? Pico |
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Post by Patrick on Feb 1, 2018 20:24:46 GMT -8
If I may ask, how much was one 3D printed car?
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Post by pico on Feb 2, 2018 2:29:50 GMT -8
Depends on size of model and amount of material. Body could be done for around $60.
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Post by pico on Feb 3, 2018 6:51:03 GMT -8
Fiat/Siata 8V engine , 3d printed in 1/24th scale.  |
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