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Owen_Dyneto wrote:
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.
Thanks for the kind words, Dave.
I am going to stay with the copper lines at this time because they are in very good condition, still very malleable, and the very lines installed when the car was new by PMCC. These original equipment copper lines are very likely an H-D line, much like original equipment H-D air brake lines found in vintage heavy truck and trailer air brake applications.
As mentioned in the reply to West, I carefully considered retrofitting heat shielding to the car, but haven't encountered issues with fuel delivery. I also conferred with Jim Hollingsworth about 1940 356 equipped cars being delivered with the shielding. Jim's research and personal experience results in him, like me, believing there was no shielding as original equipment in '40. Not to say it would not or could not be retrofitted by an authorized repair depot.
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