Long Shot Request

[Lynn Dykgraaf]

Hello to all and Happy Holidays as well.

This request is likely to be met with chuckles and smiles but hear goes anyway.

I am working to bring back and correct TC1943. It is a running driver but has much ignored maintenance and a few alterations that make me scratch my head. That work is underway. At the present time it has a TD pressed steel valve cover that looks like it was pulled out of some field after laying there for decades. I know 1946 factory original alloy covers are essentially unobtainable, but I would be satisfied with a reproduction or period aftermarket version if one might be found that is for sale. I have a good lead on a correct TC pressed steel cover and am looking into its condition but correct for the car is alloy so the search continues.

I am on the northwest coast of the U.S.A, Lake Stevens, Washington State, so shipping from overseas would be part of the equation.


Lynn Dykgraaf
dykgraaf.lynn@aol.com
425-293-8432 (cell)

[Steve Simmons]

Reproduction alloy valve covers are available, and are virtually indistinguishable from the originals. Original steel covers pop up on eBay from time to time, as do repro alloys. Might be a place to start.

[Lynn Dykgraaf]

Thanks Steve,

Watching appropriate sites regularly. One reproduction valve cover is consistently listed on-line but when contacted the seller does not actually have one for sale and has not removed the listing. I am thinking that working within the TC community might help me avoid potential issues in trying to complete this task.

Lynn