Inliners International Forums General Discussion Hi Performance Who's got all of Charlie Baker's old molds?

I was going thru a bunch of 12 Port News, and saw that CB had produced alloy Valve covers and side plates for 216-235-261 Chev with "Inliners" cast into them.

So who has the molds, and if they are known, has anyone thought about reproducing them?

Thanks in Advance.

I would be interested in one of his cast aluminum 216/235/261 timing covers. EvilDr235

Me too.

However; I don't there's enough of a market to justify the start up costs of a venture like that today.

One can cast aluminum at home.Books on casting can be found on the net.At my job we just sold our scrap aluminum recently getting over $16,000 for it.Aluminum wheels are a good grade of aluminum for projects.Most of us older guys took metal shop in school and had some training in casting metals.Anything can be done if one applys ones self.I take great pride in doing something myself,instead of paying somebody else to do it.
EvilDr235

Maybe we can have some made here: http://www.emachineshop.com/

You can probably do this in a backyard foundry. As EVILDR235 said you can melt wheels. I've heard that used pistons are the best scrap metal, you can buy this scrap pistons from a motor rebuilder, maybe $1 a pound, maybe free if you find the right deal. One of these days I want to build a oil burning foundry furnace models after Steve Chastain's tilting model. This furnace burns used motor oil, melts 100 pounds of aluminum each hour.

Steve recently published a book on how to cast custom pistons. Are these are good as the cast pistons you have buy? I think these might be pretty good. You can find these books at http://www.lindsaybks.com or Amazon.

Making a sand cast would be easy. I did this in high school a couple of years ago. All we would need is one good piece to start from.