Mose Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Found on the For Sale thread, I bought my first Seven in February. It's a 1990 Birkin 7 S3 from Japan that spent some time in Canada before entering the US in mid 2020. I have documentation of some recent work on it, and I'm going through it to get it ready for the summertime. I have a few projects planned, mostly light maintenance, replacing some VDO gauges with matching new bits that read out in a scale I understand, cleaning up some broken and missing snaps on the body, and damaged snaps and zippers on the weather gear, adding a CHMSL, and a motorcycle-style weatherproof USB power port. I haven't done much driving yet, but I'm hoping this weekend will have the sort of weather to make for a proper introduction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnCh Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Congrats, it's a nice looking car! What is the engine spec? -John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mose Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 28 minutes ago, JohnCh said: Congrats, it's a nice looking car! What is the engine spec? -John Thanks! I don't have a history on the build. It's a 1700 Ford Crossflow, with dual 40 DCOE Webers. I've been told in another forum that the air cleaners appear sub-optimally small, as they're sized to fit under the uncut hood. Early problems starting it, and the state of the BP6ES plugs I had to throw out to get it running suggest it has some history of running slightly on the rich side. I guess I'll figure that out once I have a few of my own miles on it! 44 minutes ago, SENC said: Nice! And welcome! Much appreciated, thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
coffee break Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 RHD & crossflow, I can relate. Rich carbs, that too, I roll mine outside to start. It marks the wall with soot if I start it inside. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
panamericano Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Hurray! Another right side drive Birkin. Welcome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnCh Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Crossflows may not win the HP wars, but they make more than enough to be fun, and to my ears, no other 4-cylinder option sounds better. There are a number of folks here who own or have owned DCOE-fed crossflows, so if you run into challenges sorting out any issues, don't hesitate to start a thread in the General Tech section for input. -John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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