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A Visit To Wes Ingram's Shop

Chamonix72

By Chamonix72,
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Today I made the visit, accompanying a friend, to Wes Ingram's shop. Many of you have had your K-fish pumps rebuilt by Wes. Many others probably will at some point. Wes couldn't have been nicer. 

 

I have attached a photo of the area where pumps are bench-tested. I also enclosed a couple pictures of the stunning Giulia that was in the shop.

 

http://www.wesingram.com/index.html

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-David

1972 2002 - 2577652 Follow the fun

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Never knew that was Wes's Alfa we saw a couple years ago at a meet. Sweet! 

 

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-Nathan
'76 2002 in Malaga (110k Original, 2nd Owner, sat for 20 years and now a toy)
'86 Chevy K20 (6.2 Turbo Diesel build) & '46 Chevy 2 Ton Dump Truck
'74 Suzuki TS185, '68 BSA A65 Lightning (garage find), '74 BMW R90S US Spec #2

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That isn't Wes' Alfa. It's a customer's. Allegedly a 6-figure restoration. That would be six to the left of the decimal. 

How clean that car is I could believe that! 

-Nathan
'76 2002 in Malaga (110k Original, 2nd Owner, sat for 20 years and now a toy)
'86 Chevy K20 (6.2 Turbo Diesel build) & '46 Chevy 2 Ton Dump Truck
'74 Suzuki TS185, '68 BSA A65 Lightning (garage find), '74 BMW R90S US Spec #2

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that is a wiiide cylinder head! 

And tiny tiny rod bearings with long little spindly rods.

 

And a huge dome on the piston, thus the 'twin spark' heads.

 

It's amazing that Alfa got as much power out of that engine as they did.

 

And thus, less amazing that BMW could get as much power out of the M10 bottom end as they eventually did.

 

Was Herb around?  He's one of my favorite guys, too.

 

t

"I learn best through painful, expensive experience, so I feel like I've gotten my money's worth." MattL

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