patrick
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Post by patrick on Oct 14, 2020 5:27:53 GMT -6
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Post by RLFoster on Oct 14, 2020 5:43:43 GMT -6
Some classics!  |
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Post by JCON on Oct 14, 2020 7:45:20 GMT -6
Fun!!! I have an Ebbro Lotus in my stash to build one of these days...
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Oct 14, 2020 8:05:14 GMT -6
Looking forward to seeing these.
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Post by patrick on Oct 14, 2020 8:31:40 GMT -6
The Ebbro kit is a Lotus 49...they look similar to the 25 but it has a Ford DFV engine...I have a LOT of Ebbro kits in my stash...NICE kits...those folks that started Ebbro used to work for Tamiya a few years ago....hence the crisp detail !
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Post by patrick on Oct 14, 2020 8:35:28 GMT -6
P.S. the Lotus 25 has a Coventry Climax engine....it's roots go back to a water pump used in W.W.II !
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Post by JCON on Oct 14, 2020 9:41:54 GMT -6
Correct on the Ebbro kit being a 49... the engine isn't covered like the 25...
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Oct 14, 2020 11:44:07 GMT -6
I'll take your words for it guys.  |
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Post by JCON on Oct 14, 2020 13:16:16 GMT -6
Here is the 49  Here is the 25  |
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Post by JED on Oct 14, 2020 23:22:55 GMT -6
I think it was also the pump classed as 'man portable' carried on the old Green Goddess fire engines,believe me when I say they weren't that man portable unless you count a four man (minimum) to carry it!!!!
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Post by JCON on Oct 15, 2020 10:27:57 GMT -6
Some good history there Jed!!! |
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Post by JED on Oct 15, 2020 23:50:59 GMT -6
Some good history there Jed!!! I only know Joe as some time in the 90's while still in the army I did fire fighting duties and we had mothballed Green Goddesses and had to know them and their equipment inside out,that pump was not a lightweight!! |
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Oct 16, 2020 6:44:37 GMT -6
How did they ever fit it in the 49?  |
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Post by patrick on Oct 16, 2020 7:18:19 GMT -6
The Lotus 49 was built for the Ford DFV.....it was a compact engine...the only thing it had in common with other Ford motorsport engines was it had 8 cylinders.
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Oct 16, 2020 8:44:46 GMT -6
It would be interesting to see the 2 comparisons, side by side.
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Post by JCON on Oct 16, 2020 9:54:17 GMT -6
How did they ever fit it in the 49? The 25 had the pump engine not the 49... |
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Oct 16, 2020 9:59:31 GMT -6
So the 25 is larger?
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Post by JCON on Oct 16, 2020 10:29:21 GMT -6
Here you go Bruce, this should help you out: 25 had a Coventry Climax FWMV, 1496cc, 90° V8  49 had a Ford Cosworth DFV, 2,998 cc (183 cu in) V8  |
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Post by JCON on Oct 16, 2020 10:42:06 GMT -6
Just for fun:
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Post by JED on Oct 16, 2020 12:40:00 GMT -6
Cool pictures Joe
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