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Subject:Re: in the year 2015......
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:14:44 +1300

>  >> The down sides to the Bay and Split window are the absence of a big hole
>>>  over the engine for easy access.
>>
>>  The 1600-powered Bays had no engine hatch at all!
>
>Yeah, & the worst hack in Splitdom, besides the wheel wells being cut out,

Ugh.

>is to cut in a hatch over the engine to access the AC engine? I've seen
>restos where they have patched in the hole to make it stock. Nope, thinking
>more, the bulkhead removal to make a walk thru is the worst!

So why doidn't they look for a walkthrough Split? Hard to find,
maybe... then, not all Bays were walkthrough either.

>Tom-don't need no access panel to work on a upright engine, just need 4'
>long arms.

Dead right! EASY to work on. But I do have long arms...
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Andrew Grebneff
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