Weber 45DCOE-9 refurb.

These things are are work of art Alan! Coupla questions mate. Can you elaborate on "Vapour Blasting"? and is there a story behind the varying use of Webers and Mikunis on the "showroom cars" out of Prince & Nissan that were blessed with them between 1965 and 1973?

Vapour blasting is where a very very fine media is mixed with a heated liquid ( often containing degreaser and other potions ) and fired at high pressure. It is good on alloy castings because it doesn't break down the surface layer - it just seems to smooth it off without losing detail. The finish is easy to look after too. I don't know too much about the actual process ( I couldn't see inside the booth! ) but I do know it is more expensive than ordinary media / bead blasting. I'd use it on everything if it wasn't so pricey.........

I think Prince especially had a soft spot for Weber, and it seems that they were well respected in Japan - especially for racing. I think the main problem was that they were very expensive to import and use on Prince and Nissan production cars in comparison to licensed designs such as the Mikuni version of the Solex patent.