BUILD-OFF CHALLENGE - Cam's Build, Nothing to fear but fear itself... and rust. Options

[CAMshaft]

I took possession of this 76 in early September as a poorly repainted roller with three motors in various states of undress. The best of which looked to be halfway built, fresh on one side and left open on the other which had badly pitted the cam. As it turns out this is probably a good thing since it won't be a mystery as to what is in it when I get it all back together and can build it to suit. Here are some initial images of the car after I pulled everything out to have a look and take inventory of all the parts and or lack thereof. The planned next step is to strip it right down and media blast it to unearth the issues, order panels and start piecing it back together.

The goal is to revert back to the original light ivory.



Fiberglass matt and I'm assuming POR-15 is covering some nasty stuff.



2.0 with jugs that were bored out to 4"







Structure is overrated. I'm sure this is much lighter without all that fiber reinforced tape that was there

[JmuRiz]

Great progress!!!

[CAMshaft]

Great progress!!!

Thanks!

Probably not much effort for those that have done it before but I'm getting an education as I go and thinking each step through so that I don't do damage. It sounds like that dowel hole will need to be welded and re-drilled and should never have been left. The sump tray seal also looked like it was installed incorrectly and partially crushed. Probably a good thing was never finished and cranked.

Any other suggestions while I have it in the Bridgeport? I'm thinking about having the blind holes capped with threaded inserts.

A few more images of the disassembly.



Pitted cam lobe as a result of the ending being left open. It's funny because the finished side was all plugged with rags and the other side was wide open like this project came to an abrupt halt. All new seals, all new bearings. What a waste of time and resources.