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Leonard Wood's Workshop: Half Size Holley Carb and Ford 429 Hemi Project! (Wood Brothers Racing)

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Benji shares his experience of restoring multiple race cars for the Wood Brothers Museum, including a 1989 Citgo car and a 2001 Motorcraft car. He details the extensive restoration work and his involvement in various aspects of the museum's upkeep and project execution.

Goal: Showcase various race car restoration projects undertaken by Benji.

Tools and materials

  • 1989 Citgo Race Car — Showcasing restoration work
  • 2001 Motorcraft Race Car — Highlighting restoration projects

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odd numbers. Leonard talked about how you need to get into a certain state when you're doing something and not be distracted by anything else. That's exactly how I felt when I was turning the crankshaft. I told the young woman at the reception: “If they call me, take a message, don’t call me back or interrupt me, because in this kind of work it’s easy to make mistakes .” And in general, it is very easy to make a mistake in such a matter . So I was kind of in another dimension for those six weeks while I was working on it. I didn't think about anything else. Didn't do anything else. I didn't stop, well, I stopped for lunch, but I didn't take breaks or anything like that. I just didn't leave work. Did you keep thinking about it as you walked home at the end of the day? Well, sometimes, but, you know, not much. Not now. I mean, I've already passed this stage. The next tricky thing is the camshaft . If we make it the way we want it to be and finish it, then I'll feel much more confident that everything will work out. Did you have to make any unique adaptations to make these parts? Oh, yes. Are any of them here at hand? I have gadgets scattered everywhere that I made myself. Often I take an existing fixture and modify it for my work. but, well, I have all sorts of adaptations. This is a

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