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Engine Assembly Department

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Legendary Engine Shop Scheduled for Demolition: Ed Pink's Hallowed Ground (Full Tour)

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What happens here

Ed guides the viewer into the engine assembly department, a bustling area where engines are meticulously put together. The room contains numerous engine blocks on stands and parts carts, each representing a distinct engine project. He points out various race engines, including Porsche engines being rebuilt for the Singer company and a modern Toyota Midget engine currently in production. A discussion highlights the historical significance of the engine stands, some of which date back to the shop's early SEMA displays in the 1970s, underscoring the longevity and continuous use of equipment.

Goal: Witness the engine assembly process and view current/historical engine projects.

Tools and materials

  • Engine Blocks N/A — The core component of engine projects
  • Engine Stands N/A — Holding engine blocks during assembly
  • Parts Carts N/A — Organizing components for individual engine builds
  • Porsche Engines Porsche — Rebuilding for Singer company
  • Toyota Midget Engine Toyota TRD — Current race engine project

What they say

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Okay. You really did everything in here. Yes. through multiple generations and completely different phases of motorsports. It's all lived through this building. That's a parts room. There's another parts room. It's locked. I don't I don't know why, but And then this is a parts room. And we have a skin packing machine. Did you build this building or did you buy it and move into it? I bought it and moved into it. It was it was uh it was uh vacant and uh a good friend of mine my name Harry Hibler who's also a racing person was a building contractor and he built all the rooms. Huh. So the floor plan the way it is now is how it was for you since day one. Yep. Yep. Do you know what this place was before you moved into it? Yeah. It uh was a hot rod shop. Really? Yeah. On this side was a hot rod shop and on the other side was a moving company. Do you know when it was originally built? 1961. 61. So it was only a few years old when you moved in. Yeah. In ' 65 and it was built in ' 61. When did you start getting into CNC stuff? Uh like the first machine you ever had is out in the back. I'll show you. Just think about all the all the things these workbenches have seen. Yeah. Oh god. Lots of work. Yeah. We we built these workbenches. Jaguar V12. Yep. You only never know what you're going to see in here. Well, we do a lot of machinery for other other builders, other companies, not just our own. This Bridgeport Mill is the is the first one that I bought. This one right here. Right here from the first Bridgeport. First bridgeport. Yeah. Did you retrofit the CNC stuff on afterwards? I didn't have CNC stuff. It didn't have that to start with. It was just a basic mill. It like 1968 or before 1970, 68,69. Well, I think it's cool is that, you know, we were at Comp for the tour over there and Billy showed us all the machines, all those Akumas that are using to grind cams. Mhm. Same cam, same company. I did not know Okuma made the big old school manual ones like this either.

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