Are you Mod guys missing an opportunity to make NEW PARTS?

[Smitty]

I know nothing about the Mod classes today, but don't you guys still run some classes with crossflow Mercurys such as 44s? Gene East, in a post over on BRF is offering (free, I think) the original Quincy patterns for casting exhaust filler blocks. Who does the casting and machine work for Mod guys? I would think somebody like that would be glad to have those patterns on a shelf in case they're ever needed. Gene says he's had the patterns available for four years with no takers.

[ajennings4p]

Cliff Johnson would prob be the best bet, not sure tho if he needs them though.

[Dave M]

There are currently a few pipe makers, and several make ones from rolling steel. For as small a niche market as those pipes would be, I am not sure it would pay to get a batch made. Someone like Vanwheele should get them and see about it as they already have a foundry to work with. Cliff has his own pattern of pipes modeled after I believe the O'Brian pipe. I would love to have these, but not enough start up capital to get a big batch made and sit on for while before they sell. I think the foundry here wanted 100 parts to even consider it.

[john527]

Gene as already donated them to a museum!

[Smitty]

They were for filler blocks, Dave, not pipes, which any welder can make. Sorry they're gone; now if someone needs a filler block, a new pattern must be made so that the filler block can be cast. Not all that hard, but the work had already been done. Oh well . . . .

(EDIT) Events having rendered this thread moot, maybe the site host could delete the whole thing . . . ??

[Dave M]

Sorry Smitty, I saw exhaust and a couple of replies and assumed pipes. I think it is great that these were donated to a museum. Original castings like that should be preserved for history ! Filler blocks we can find, Hustler, Cliff Johnson, and prolly a couple others have patterns.

[Steve Dunn Racing]

No big deal, take an old filler block make mods as needed attach it to a board and any sand cast guy can pour all u want.