Re: 1940 Super 8 160 Model 1803 Project

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/10/14 9:03:43

It looks just lovely - congratulations. Following along on West's comments about details, I suspect the tubing for the manifold to vacuum pump, oil filter, and distributor vacuum advance were originally steel and not copper.

And yes, you're definately going to want to install the two heat shields. I believe the one between the carburetor and exhaust manifold was a "356" engine only feature, but all models had the fuel pump shield. Read of the parts book would confirm.