Kismet Competition

Sometimes we interrupt our efforts to make things for friends.

Fiberglass repair is well underway. And just to credit Rodrigo Herrera , every racecar must have some JB Weld.

Going to great lengths to make sure valve train is optimized. No that's not Titanium

A full day of car prep. I had to weld up the cylinder head and machine the deck. New valves arrived from Down under. Upon close inspection some of the valve seats in the head needed work. In between all of that, I managed to glue in some balsa wood reinforcements for the hood. That will be sandwiched in fiberglass to limit the stress cracking which has been a long time issue.

Stripping 50 year old gelcoat ranks among the worst tasks required to get the Datsun back on track.

This sim certainly got exercised this winter. This old man need the help to keep the cobwebs from forming.

Revision of the old engine. We'll see what kind of power we can make.