Mose Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SENC Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Nice! And welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Congrats, it's a nice looking car! What is the engine spec? -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mose Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee break Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panamericano Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Hurray! Another right side drive Birkin. Welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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