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« Reply #11640 on: May 04, 2020, 10:29:38 PM » |
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The aluminium "cycle guards" were handmade by a guy in Oxford & match the ones he made for the "Junkyard Frog" chop, now owned by Mr Coppersmith. The righthand one has a slight twist along it's length so that the raised centre rib doesn't quite line up with the tread on the tyre. Yes, it'll really bug me & I'll probably spend ages trying to fix it before giving up & just accepting it as "added character"  |
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« Reply #11641 on: May 04, 2020, 10:30:13 PM » |
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« Reply #11642 on: May 04, 2020, 10:31:00 PM » |
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« Reply #11643 on: May 04, 2020, 10:31:43 PM » |
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« Reply #11644 on: May 04, 2020, 10:32:20 PM » |
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« Reply #11645 on: May 04, 2020, 10:32:49 PM » |
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« Reply #11646 on: May 05, 2020, 05:46:08 AM » |
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Looks great Andy, you have done really well to finish it on your own in a lockup, just like so many hotrods built in the 60s/70s ..it's sorta like a really posh ratrod..👍😎
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« Reply #11647 on: May 05, 2020, 05:48:41 AM » |
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As the future owner I won’t wonder at all
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« Reply #11648 on: May 05, 2020, 06:39:54 PM » |
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You'll have to fight Tazet, (my ex girlfriend), for it. She reminded me recently that she's got first dibs on it cos I started building it when we were living together. Frankly mate, in a bare knuckle fight, my money would be on her. It's a sign of getting older though that you do start thinking about stuff like that -sometimes I look at what's left to do & think I ought to be writing this down; a "to do" list of jobs & where the various parts are stored cos if anything happened to me no-one would know. Then I realise I've forgotten where half the parts are anyway. |
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« Reply #11649 on: May 08, 2020, 09:35:36 PM » |
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I celebrated VE Day today by making a start on the copper brake pipes. I've never actually made up a rigid pipe before. Made plenty of flexible Goodridge type ones for bikes & trikes but never flared a copper pipe. I think either Kev or Terry did the previous ones. All the gear, no idea |
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« Reply #11650 on: May 08, 2020, 09:37:32 PM » |
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I bought a flaring tool from Machine Mart ages ago. Seems to work quite well.
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« Reply #11651 on: May 08, 2020, 09:38:02 PM » |
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Having made a successful flare, I believe it's traditional to discover you've forgotten to add the fitting |
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« Reply #11652 on: May 08, 2020, 09:42:40 PM » |
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"Do not eat"! -seriously, who'd be stupid enough to ...eurgh, bleurgh, that's horrible. That's not raspberry flavoured at all. There ought to be a warning on that stuff  |
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« Reply #11653 on: May 08, 2020, 09:48:13 PM » |
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I got the 2 axle pipes made & fitted & ran the line down the length of the chassis, under the cab, to the engine bay, but need to tidy up some paint on the bulkhead before finishing it. I'm slightly worried by the female flare on the T piece as the brass nut seemed to bottom out before the pipe felt fully secure, but I may be over worrying.
Seemed simple enough. Not as arrow straight as I'd like, but they'll do -no, I can't believe I just said that either. I'll probably tweak them every time I look at them for weeks to come.
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« Reply #11654 on: May 08, 2020, 09:48:39 PM » |
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