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Well folks, it's finally done, the Baby's Hemi has been rebuilt by Don Garlits who built the original motor 65 years ago! Here's some amazing pictures I took on September 12th when we picked up the motor from Don. In this post you will see Don explaining some of the technical aspects of the rebuild.
The Sunshine Baby team members including Captain Jim Aid, Technical advisors Wally Osinga and Norm Cameron and myself as camera man. We headed out on the two hour drive from St. Pete to the Don Garlits Museum in Ocala to meet with Don and pick up the motor. We arrived a little after noon and Don was there to greet us still dressed in his work jeans and tee shirt.We were overeflowing with excitment like kids on Christmas morning waiting to see what Don had in store for us.
Don spent a good hour with us going over the technical aspects of the work he did to rebuild our motor and some of the challenges he encountered. It was an awe inspiring master class in the art of engine building. Don's knowledge of Chrysler's legendary Hemi engines was impresive. We were in the company of one of the best and it gave us chills to see him explain with ease what and how he did this job.
Here are some pictures that show some of the details that went into the rebuild. Go to the Paul Ziegler 8505 YouTube channel to see video that is as cool as it gets when you consider Don is still here today doing the work he did 65 years ago! Below you will see some of the still shots taken when we picked up the motor.
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