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| RON S. |
  Aug 18 2012, 06:21 PM
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9140430841, FINALLY RUNNING  Group: Members Posts: 1,216 Joined: 22-May 03 From: WALTERBORO,S.C. Member No.: 724 Region Association: South East States  |
My next project for the rocket will be to convert the Fuel and oil caps over to the Blau 110mm for the fuel, and 80mm cap for the oil tank.
I just received these caps today from a guy over in Europe. I answered an old posting in the classifieds over on the bird board, and I shocked that he still had a few sets left. I got the caps and the filler necks. The Fuel cap is as received, and is actually polished Stainless Steel. The oil cap is polished Aluminum. Both are genuine Blau caps as stamped on the bottom. Made in Austria. The caps in the pics are just laid there for size reference. On the fuel side I am going to have the fuel cap go up through the hood, and have a locking gas gap hidden below the Blau cap when it is removed. The Blau gap will be secured with a lanyard to keep it from getting stolen. I'm going to raise mine up high enough so the cap is level with the hood line. On the oil side I'll probably butcher up a 911 oil inlet to mount the cap to. Both caps will have a handle made to remove them easily like the GT units. This looks to be a good fall project. Ron Attached thumbnail(s)    
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| RON S. |
Sep 12 2012, 06:13 PM
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9140430841, FINALLY RUNNING Group: Members Posts: 1,216 Joined: 22-May 03 From: WALTERBORO,S.C. Member No.: 724 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(Harpo @ Sep 12 2012, 04:06 PM)  Yea they finally arrived. Now to order some sheet stock from mcmaster carr to extend it 1/2 inch Dave, Brand new in the box Huh (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I know your feelin good. I gotta tell you. remember when you asked Alex if he would only sell you the fuel cap because that was the only one you really were interested in??? well, I communicated w/Alex the other day, and he told me that the brand new NOS aluminum oil caps that we now posess have been out of production from Blau for over 20 years. That he found them almost by accident, and bought out the guy's entire stash years ago, on a maybe that someday he may have a use for them. He also bought all his stainless fuel caps and said that they are getting hard to source in Europe Can you say rare.... KaChing$$$$$$. Point is, even if you don't use the oil cap, someday you may be able to get your entire investment back by a sale of that 1 cap. They are great pieces aren't they.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Ron |
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RON S. GT Type Fuel Cap for the Rocket is almost finished Aug 18 2012, 06:21 PM
shuie Cool. Im going through the hood with mine also.
... Aug 18 2012, 07:59 PM RON S. Got some work done on the cap installation. Scary... Aug 26 2012, 01:36 PM RON S. A few more to complete today's work.
... Aug 26 2012, 01:39 PM Harpo I love the look of this. I spoke to someone at TR... Aug 27 2012, 04:10 PM RON S.
I love the look of this. I spoke to someone at T... Aug 27 2012, 06:08 PM Harpo TRE quoted me $215 (I believe) for just the c... Aug 27 2012, 06:57 PM
shuie That looks really good. Nice work!
Im also go... Aug 31 2012, 11:46 AM OU8AVW I have a special tool for cutting holes.
Aug 31 2012, 12:06 PM jasons
I have a special tool for cutting holes.
I am... Aug 31 2012, 12:32 PM RON S.
For the overflow bowl, you can use a cheap stainl... Sep 1 2012, 08:42 AM 396 Looks great! Sep 2 2012, 06:35 AM Harpo Here is what I have come up with so far. The Ford... Sep 3 2012, 12:02 PM 911_2.2T
Waiting patiently for the blau caps from the neat... Sep 4 2012, 07:25 AM RON S. David,
Lookin good so far, I can see by the... Sep 3 2012, 03:13 PM RON S. I finally got the parts for the fuel filler neck a... Sep 11 2012, 06:06 PM RON S. Fit up pics of the rain tray...
Nex... Sep 11 2012, 06:09 PM Harpo Looks good Ron. I'm still waiting patiently f... Sep 11 2012, 06:29 PM Harpo Yea they finally arrived. Now to order some sheet... Sep 12 2012, 05:06 PM RON S. I've gotten the fuel filler tube fully welded ... Sep 13 2012, 05:51 PM Harpo Yes, I was very happy with the caps. The gas cap ... Sep 13 2012, 06:39 PM RON S. It has taken a while to get a couple of designs la... Oct 8 2012, 04:51 PM RON S. I took several shots because the reflectivity of t... Oct 8 2012, 04:54 PM Harpo Looks great Ron. The reason why I'm leaning t... Oct 8 2012, 05:51 PM RON S. I thought I should post some pics of the finished ... Oct 8 2012, 06:32 PM 396 Wow. Great work Oct 8 2012, 07:05 PM porbmw Nice!
Very nice! :) Oct 9 2012, 10:51 AM RON S. Today I'm posting pics of the handle with doub... Oct 9 2012, 04:36 PM RON S. Lastly the flat top design. Keep in mind that not... Oct 9 2012, 04:39 PM RON S. I finally got my parts back from my cutter the oth... Nov 3 2012, 12:30 PM Harpo Look great Ron Nov 3 2012, 02:23 PM |
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