[VintageLambo] Re: 400 GT 2+2 update

Hi Aaron, Great report!It"s exciting to dig into one of the finest machines ever made.:) Compression sounds good to me, I have a cylinder or two down to 150 and the motor runs like a clock so you should be ok there. This will be a great time to rebuild the carbs.Take your time with them, they don"t need much.But just cleaning and adjusting will help a great deal.The Webers are wonderful carbs with few problems...those problems often having to do with dirt.I was amazed how much better my choke system operated, for example, just by cleaning all the junk out. For tires, you may want to do something nutty like getting $50 Sumitomos from Tire Rack for now (I did, love them!).That way if the suspension is out of wack you won"t be harming expensive tires as you dial everything in. Oil cooler lines are not available, to my knowledge.GTCP made mine up by cutting up some old countach lines they had laying around.But anybody into PowerWagons shouldn"t have any problem dealing with that...:) Is there just "nothing" where the wool headliner should be?Curious about that one.And I have one of my "tin pans" out if you need some photo documentation.It"s a really cool hand made job -- I just love to see all those hammer marks on the back!You aren"t going to see that any more.(At least not on something that looks so good on the other side.) That spare engine sounds like it needs a complete rebuild.If it really is that rusty it may be impossible to turn over -- have you tried?The rings could be rusted to the bore, etc.I"m sure somebody in the group will have some good ideas about how to proceed with that one. Very exciting Aaron!You can keep your daily log right here, I"d love to follow it! Cheers, Fred