What's on your bench?

[Partner]

Yeppers

I found 2 pieces in a pile of other things and at first I didn't know what they were, but they looked good and were signed

 

[Partner]

I tested the metal burner - it works

 

[bulletpruf]

1972 AMC Javelin. Roached but very solid. Plan to build it to race in the 24 Hours of LeMons...

 

[hacskaroly]

1972 AMC Javelin. Roached but very solid. Plan to build it to race in the 24 Hours of LeMons...

I don't know...I kind of see a hotrod Pacer behind it!!!

 

[Partner]

It's Pacer on steroids

 

[David Boyd]

That'll buff right out.

 

[stretch5881]

1972 AMC Javelin. Roached but very solid. Plan to build it to race in the 24 Hours of LeMons...

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That looks pretty solid. Anything AMC built in the 70's rusted out in about 3 years up here.

 

[Partner]

They say that open rust preserves sheet metal

 

[bulletpruf]

That looks pretty solid. Anything AMC built in the 70's rusted out in about 3 years up here.

Yeah, the rear quarters generally don't last too long, but the quarters on this are damn near perfect.

 

[bulletpruf]

They say that open rust preserves sheet metal

A preservative layer of rust?

 

[Partner]

A preservative layer of rust?

I heard it somewhere, but maybe it's just a fairy tale

 

[Partner]

45cc Chinese girl ready to have fun Although the piston doesn't look good, if it falls apart, I have a second dose

 

[David Young]

Stihl 030 from the Lehman donation.

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Filthy pig.

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Had been chipped, did have spark.

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All cleaned up now.

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Mark

What do you use for cleaning. looks great

 

[David Young]

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Randy were you boring the iron liner to size? How did the finish turn out?

 

[Mastermind]

Randy were you boring the iron liner to size? How did the finish turn out?

Yeppers. Bored it to .001" clearance.....then honed it with a micrometer hone to .005 clearance.

 

[jacob j.]

Yeppers. Bored it to .001" clearance.....then honed it with a micrometer hone to .005 clearance.

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Looks pretty good...I got a couple of cylinders I need bored/honed...

 

[Mastermind]

Looks pretty good...I got a couple of cylinders I need bored/honed...

It would be my pleasure sir.

 

[heimannm]

David Young - Odorless mineral spirits in a parts washer.

Mark

 

[heimannm]

This one came in this week, would not start.





Remarkably, the spark arrester screen was quite clear.

Mark

 

[JKNW]

Too big for a bench, drug this junk out and started cleaning it up for summer.