Longtime Guilders and other fans may recall a 'Cocker I made for Curt, of Morlock fame, back around the turn of the century.
He had to sell it a few years afterward (oh lord, the stuff I had to sell to keep the lights on...) and would like the chance to buy it back.
If anyone thinks they have it, the body is utterly unique. It started out as a pre-2K body, with the small front block bolt. I think the 2K bodies had just come out, but weren't widely available yet. The old Tornado valve was the hot ticket at the time, and it needed a larger valve chamber- the trick of the day was to use an extended front block bolt- the original "Volumizer".
What I came up with was this:
That gave it even more internal volume than the later post-2K bodies. With a Tornado valve and Lightning Bolt, I seem to recall the op pressure was absurdly low. Look at the bottom of the Stabilizer reg- the adjuster screw had to be backed out so far I had to shave down a steel nut to act as a "tourney lock". (The screw stuck out so far that you could adjust it with your fingers.)
That's the only one like that I ever made. And I'd love to know if it's still out there somewhere.
Doc.
He had to sell it a few years afterward (oh lord, the stuff I had to sell to keep the lights on...) and would like the chance to buy it back.
If anyone thinks they have it, the body is utterly unique. It started out as a pre-2K body, with the small front block bolt. I think the 2K bodies had just come out, but weren't widely available yet. The old Tornado valve was the hot ticket at the time, and it needed a larger valve chamber- the trick of the day was to use an extended front block bolt- the original "Volumizer".
What I came up with was this:
That gave it even more internal volume than the later post-2K bodies. With a Tornado valve and Lightning Bolt, I seem to recall the op pressure was absurdly low. Look at the bottom of the Stabilizer reg- the adjuster screw had to be backed out so far I had to shave down a steel nut to act as a "tourney lock". (The screw stuck out so far that you could adjust it with your fingers.)
That's the only one like that I ever made. And I'd love to know if it's still out there somewhere.
Doc.
We'd have to chase down a few bits on the used market- like the Stab and first-gen Jackhammer- but there's still plenty of pre-2K right-feed bodies out there, I can of course easily duplicate the milling and that drop, and I think I have one of those humpback grip frames laying around.
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