{"product_id":"freelance-v4-ic-engine-part-built-stock-code-3698","title":"Freelance V4 IC engine part-built","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis engine has been sitting in the workshop for the last few days shown to  all and sundry who've walked through the door, discussed by Geoff and I over  cups of tea and lusted over by Karl (who builds, services and races Porsches two  doors down). I am more than a little in awe of the workmanship in this piece -  if you remember the little engine that Keith Stewart carries around the world  with him in Nevil Shute's \"Trustee from the Toolroom\", this is exactly  how I imagine it.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA freelance design OHV V4 engine, entirely scratch-built without any castings  - the heads, crankcase, sump and variety of ancilliaries have been hand  chiselled, filed and shaped to the finished shape you see here.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWorkmanship is to an extremely high order throughout, fit and finish of all  parts is superb. It is incomplete although turns over smoothly with pistons  moving up and down. There is a box of bits with it including the other exhaust  header (silver-soldered stainless steel construction), a spare oil pump (there  are a pair of pumps for feed and scavenge shaft-driven from the camshaft) , a  part-built brass tank complete with aluminium former block and an ignition unit.  There are no drawings as such, although several pages of builder's notes.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLength 7 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Height 6 inches\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020145185109,"sku":"3698","price":850.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/3698-1.webp?v=1779911247","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/freelance-v4-ic-engine-part-built-stock-code-3698","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}