New U.S. Vendor

prestigeclassics · Post by **prestigeclassics** » Tue May 18, 2004 3:11 pm

I wanted to take a moment and introduce myself. My name is Chuck Eiler and I am the president of Prestige Classics, Inc. located in Houston, Texas. We are putting the final touches on a project that has taken over a year to complete. We are offering a reproduction of the 1955 550 Spyder. As you will see, this is no ordinary Spyder replica, this is a true reproduction of the original car. If you have a spare 4-cam in your garage you can drop it right in! lol We would love to hear comments from our European experts regarding this car. Feel free to email us, or comment on this board. We will check in periodically. Once again, thanks for your time.

Chuck Eiler
Prestige Classics, Inc.
prestige-classics.com

Post by **Bootsy** » Tue May 18, 2004 3:16 pm

Many thanks for introducing your project. Having looked at the site you seem to have a great product there. I'm sure some of out replica fans will comment.

Welcome

Luke · Post by **Luke** » Tue May 18, 2004 3:24 pm

looks very very nice!

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Tue May 18, 2004 6:57 pm

Been looking for a suitable vehicle for this old engine I have had 'cluttering up' my garage...

Post by **Miggs** » Tue May 18, 2004 7:06 pm

andy tell me you are joking

prestigeclassics · Post by **prestigeclassics** » Tue May 18, 2004 7:22 pm

Andy,
You and I need to talk! lol

Chuck Eiler
Prestige Classics, Inc.
prestige-classics.com

Nick Moss · Post by **Nick Moss** » Tue May 18, 2004 10:07 pm

Andy.

What is that

Post by **Bootsy** » Tue May 18, 2004 10:20 pm

nick-moss wrote:Andy.

What is that

I'd go for a Carrera 1500 GS Engine

Nick Moss · Post by **Nick Moss** » Tue May 18, 2004 10:46 pm

One of these?

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2003

Nick Moss · Post by **Nick Moss** » Tue May 18, 2004 10:51 pm

Which is different from this

Carrera 904GTS, Beaulieu 356 International 2003

Post by **Bootsy** » Tue May 18, 2004 10:52 pm

I'm sure I read the other night that its takes 8 hours to correctly set up the timing!

Post by **Bootsy** » Tue May 18, 2004 10:53 pm

nick-moss wrote:Which is different from this

You're right Nick, that one has tennis balls in the stacks

Nick Moss · Post by **Nick Moss** » Wed May 19, 2004 7:22 am

that one has tennis balls in the stacks

and the distributors are driven off the crank, not the camshaft

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Wed May 19, 2004 9:23 pm

Bootsy said:

"I'm sure I read the other night that its takes 8 hours to correctly set up the timing!"

- & that's by an experienced Factory-trained technician...

...the cam drive is by means of 9 shafts, 14 bevel gears & 2 spur wheels !

From the (roller bearing) crank, the drive goes via spur gears to a half-speed shaft (which also turns the oil pump) & is divided by bevel gear sets/layshafts to turn the exhaust camshafts. Further shafts go up to the inlet cams which in turn drive the twin distributors.

This system was common on 12 cylinder engines where shaft drive was very smooth but with only 2 lobes per cam in the Type 547 engine the uneven motion quickly ruined the coupling between the cam & distributor - hence the change to crank-driven distributors in later versions of the engine.

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Wed May 19, 2004 9:50 pm

Lightweight_911 wrote:Bootsy said:
"I'm sure I read the other night that its takes 8 hours to correctly set up the timing!"
- & that's by an experienced Factory-trained technician...

...the cam drive is by means of 9 shafts, 14 bevel gears & 2 spur wheels !

From the (roller bearing) crank, the drive goes via spur gears to a half-speed shaft (which also turns the oil pump) & is divided by bevel gear sets/layshafts to turn the exhaust camshafts. Further shafts go up to the inlet cams which in turn drive the twin distributors.

This system was common on 12 cylinder engines where shaft drive was very smooth but with only 2 lobes per cam in the Type 547 engine the uneven motion quickly ruined the coupling between the cam & distributor - hence the change to crank-driven distributors in later versions of the engine.