73 Shovelhead
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73 Shovelhead
I inherited a 1973 Shovel from my best friend when he died. He was suffering from dementia when he passed so a lot of the parts are just in bins and others missiing. Can anyone tell me where I can find the plate/pan that goes on the bottom of the engine? He had covered it with masking tape and then painted it. Got loads of questions but thought I would start simple and work my way up.
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Delkron trapdoor aftermarket cases looks to me, good luck hunting one up. Get busy on google, ebay and maybe contact DragonMan's in Colorado Springs, Mel used to do a lot of rework on seconds of those for resale, look for his Machining stuff.
Somewhere on the motor is a brand name cast in, find that.
Oh and have a mod move this to the Shovelhead section, lots more people will see it that could help, here.
Somewhere on the motor is a brand name cast in, find that.
Oh and have a mod move this to the Shovelhead section, lots more people will see it that could help, here.
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Good news Bad news!! Thanks to Twizted Biker we have determined it is a Delkron case, called them to day and bad news, they haven't made that case for 30 years and have no parts for it. Good news they plan on resurrecting the line and may have both cases and parts by this fall. Thanks to everyone who took the time to help it is greatly appreciated. Now on to another fun adventure in fixing the 1973 Frankenstein.
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Good news Bad news!! Thanks to Twizted Biker we have determined it is a Delkron case, called them to day and bad news, they haven't made that case for 30 years and have no parts for it. Good news they plan on resurrecting the line and may have both cases and parts by this fall. Thanks to everyone who took the time to help it is greatly appreciated. Now on to another fun adventure in fixing the 1973 Frankenstein.
Another option, any small machine shop can make one for you. Isn't complicated, just needs dimensions and accurate hole pattern spacing, just use a sealer as a gasket. What we did to seal the damned things anyway.