1974 (GM) HQ Holden Belmont V8

Ahh, Allied Electronics. Old firm, good reputation. I buy from them occasionally. I use Mouser, Digikey, MCM, Newark, and a few specialty houses, plus I still have one local outfit that stocks a good selection of parts.

Thanks for the clarification.



BTW, hq...you're doing some outstanding work there. Very admirable.
 
Small update, got a little bit of machine time over the weekend and did a couple of small jobs.

Made the other arm for the bellcrank, just need to pull the axle back out and shorten it so it doesn't stick out so much.
A while back I'd made a cover for my radiator cap on the lathe but it was a bit plain so yesterday I set it up on the mill and ball milled some slots in it.
 
Thanks Mayhem

Did a small job today, the wiper motor originally had a big ugly washer pump hanging off the front of it which was in the way of my fabricated accelerator linkage so originally I just made a flat plate out of some thin aluminium (aluminum for the Americans) sheet but it was a bit flimsy and a bit plain. So today I cut a new plate out of some 2mm aluminium and cleaned up the edges with a file. I then set it up in the mill and ball-milled a few lines in it and gave it a quick polish.

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Very good work. As the ex owner of a 74 HQ station wagon (202) I feel a little sad it's gone. However I also recall that it did'nt have one panel that was'nt eaten out with rust. Glad you could save a HQ for prosperity.

Tony
 
Santa (my wife) bought me a 4" rotary table for Christmas so to test it out I made myself a block off plate to cover the opening for the fuel pump. I started with some 6mm aluminium plate, roughed out the shape with a hacksaw and then milled all the straight edges. I then drilled the holes and used them for a reference and set it up on the rotary table and machined the curves at each end. I finished it of with some ball milling (yep I like ball milling :biggrin: ) and polished it.

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Just got a look at the '74. Beautifull car and great attention to the little details that make a good resto great. I like the hugger orange paint and the machined parts. They add character and one of a kind looks to the engine compartment. Definately a drool inducer for me too. I miss my 69 Z-28, but it was a license getter for me so I had to get rid of it or walk for extended periods due to my right leg being too long and pushing the accelerator too much for too long.
Bob
 
Thanks for the comments guys. (and DaveH :biggrin:)

Bob I think my right leg is a little too long but it does seem to be less of an issue as I get older.:biggrin:

Rick that's an idea I hadn't considered, so I machine something up that accurately locates on the rotary table and has a thread the same as the spindle on my lathe. :thinking:
Looks like I have another project to add to my to do list. I think I'll be looking into this after I make a belt drive conversion for my mill. Metal gears in an X2 clone are no fun.:nuts:
 
Started a new project, one of the things I've been wanting to make for a while is a new lid for my brake master cylinder. I started off with a piece of 80mm x 25mm flat bar and started by squaring the ends up and machining out the inside of the lid.
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One end needs a full 1/2 circle, 40mm radius and my little 4" rotary table doesn't have enough room to clamp it down and machine it so I cut out a piece of 6mm ally plate and drilled and tapped a few holes and came up with this to attach to my rotary table.
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I worked quite good and made it possible to do the radius with my little rotary table.
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On the top I machined a recess all the way around the top and then set it up on an angle vice to machine the top on an angle, I was running a little low on shop time so I didn't get any pics along the way.

Here's where I got to today, the master cylinder in the pics is a spare I have, the one on the car is polished so the lid will get the polish treatment when it's finished.
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I still need to radius the sharp corners and tidy up a few spots so hopefully next weekend I'll finish it.

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The master cylinder cap is finished, I ended up doing a bit more machining to it as I wasn't happy with it. Looks pretty good with a polish.
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And for a change.........no ball milling.......almost, if you don't count the recess at the top for the clip.:biggrin:

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