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This was going to be tough. We had no original parts to copy. We had no shop manual. We had no diagrams.
What we did have was a whole bunch …
We needed parts.
We couldn’t find those parts.
Fine, we figured, we’ll make those parts ourselves.
Our Elva project needed some crucial components to mate its engine to the transmission, …
Our next task for our Elva Mk VI sports racer was to run brake lines. Before we could do that, however, we would need to hang the front suspension. Then …
From looking at old pictures, we knew our Elva Mk VI sports racer would have had an oil cooler. We could even see the remains of an oil cooler mounted next …
Womp, womp, womp, womp.
The Porsche needed new brakes.
We could feel it when coming to a stop–warped rotors, many would say.
But not quite. Technically “warped rotors” are not …
