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550 F2 started!
Sesman:
Yes, got to hand it to you. The swept pipes really make it. Unfortunately mine were ground out on one side as a result of Mr Trotters ‘off’ . In retrospect a good man with a welder and pipe grinder could probably have sorted them.
If you hadn’t been so selfish and got round to this build sooner I’d have probably attempted the reclaim and cerakote finish. Hope you are suitably ashamed😁
Laverdaroo:
Sel flagulating as I type, sorry, I will try harder.
I still have that set of headers in the shed Phil. Theyve been attacked by a mig welder but savable if you know a decent fab/welder. The pipes are actually not bad. You want me to send you some piccies or are you sorted now I presume you are?
Sesman:
Thanks Roo. Being the unimaginative type i settled on a S/S dekelvic job….it’s ok.😌
Thanks for the offer by the way but I’m out of energy now. With some potential help from JH I’ll sort the seat and then it’s finished-again. Then it’s on to the Triton. I’ve spent a fortune with Andy Molnar, Amal, Norvil, Andover and Morgo. I have to get on with it.
I’ve got the cases off again and I’m going for glacier silver or satin silver cerakote. Not sure which, just yet…Might even go back to Simoniz, but I’m striving for that original slight colour contrast between crankcases and covers.
Laverdaroo:
Afternoon all, still plodding through it all, then we had 5†of snow and from previous experience I’ve not been out to the shed as everything gets blathered in condensation. So I just wrapped everything up and left it for a few days. Plus I was waiting on ethanol to arrive for my heater/burner. It’s not a furnace but when it’s a bit parky it doesn’t half take the nip off.
Anyway,
Had a tidy up of the wires and got all my boots on from the donations on here, cheers chaps, general husbandry etc etc. one thing I have noticed is that even just after testing briefly and for a total of about 2 mins total, the lovely lenses on the front indicators have managed to burn off the smoked coating leaving one clear and one a weird dirty brown??
Spoke to the sellers and a new set in its way but a bit weird, bit like when we used to put a bit of superglue in a bottle cap in a lunch box to strip imperfections in coatings on sunglasses when I worked at a big importers years ago. The fumes effect the coating and dissolve it away………..dunno how, just did as I was told
Anyhoo that done, had a fiddle about doing some more cleaning etc, the right bar clamps from Max, cheers mate and started the fuel cap I mentioned the other day in a different thread….
Coming on but check the casting marks out on the clamp I’ve not started yet. That was under smooth, black, OE paint. The one I’ve started was worse!
Things moving on slowly, still waiting on the rear mudguard before i can finish the wires but in the meantime I’ll get on with the static timing and get the carbs wet with a view to maybe……..MAYBE, trying for a start up over the weekend if all checks out.
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