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On 4 Jul 2006 at 10:00, Jens Vagelpohl wrote: > On 4 Jul 2006, at 03:40, Keith Park wrote: > > > Looks like maybe the head may just have been loose, or studs > > pulling from the case/ Interesting looking cylinder fins! I never saw fins like this either, but I never worked on the early stuff. > Bug engines of that period had the same fins, and instead of the 18 > or 19 of them which you find on later engines, these only have 11, if > they are like the bug's. Interesting. It's clear that fins like this would be much easier to cast, which leads to the question, How do they cast the holes in the later versions, or are they drilled after casting? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~