Today I acquired...........

[ronan]

Have a look at the prices here :

https://www.motorcyclesunlimited.co.uk


Jap middle weights, 14 grand, bsa bantam £4000 ! Madness.

 

[Chillitt]

Can't be an CD175, it has not been fixed with a big hammer or painted with Hammerite!

Yet. Im going as fast as I can... Having put the engine in and found a kick start Ive discovered its seized so there may well be some hammering.

 

[SwissTony]

A few boot sale finds on Sunday

 

[Hood]

Decent F clamps are extremely handy

 

[SwissTony]

Decent F clamps are extremely handy

Indeed. Can never have enough clamps. Gradually replacing my modern rubbish with older better quality stuff.

 

[Seadog]

Carpenters cramps.

 

[SwissTony]

Paid a quid for the pair of F clamps, £4 total for the Starrett micrometer, square, small adjustable spanner, punches and the air line tool. Only boot sale I have been to this year that's been worth while, majority of them have had expensive dealers rather than genuine boot sellers.

 

[Robotstar5]

Must stop chatting to engine owners while I'm taking photo's at shows talking to someone at the Gloucester show on Saturday about my search for a Wolseley engine as they were made in Birmingham and I now have another engine on the fleet.

Wolseley WD2 from 4th June 1945, collected it yesterday.

Runs OK so will just be a cosmetic refurb.

 

[dobbslc]

One for the @The_Yellow_Ardvark here.
Found this in a little shop in Lyme Regis today.


It got the war department arrow stamp (learnt this off the forum!) and 1945 on it so it's 74 years old?
£4

I'm going hunting again tomorrow to see what else I can find.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

One for the @The_Yellow_Ardvark here.
Found this in a little shop in Lyme Regis today.
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It got the war department arrow stamp (learnt this off the forum!) and 1945 on it so it's 74 years old?
£4

I'm going hunting again tomorrow to see what else I can find.

Down by the sea front, near a nice coffee shop?

 

[Tom O]

Yet. Im going as fast as I can... Having put the engine in and found a kick start Ive discovered its seized so there may well be some hammering.

Put some oil down the plug and after sitting a few days try rocking it in gear

 

[dobbslc]

@The_Yellow_Ardvark No that's where I'm heading tomorrow!
This place is behind the shops in the high street also with a good cafe ( I had a nice iced latte there)

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@The_Yellow_Ardvark No that's where I'm heading tomorrow!
This place is behind the shops in the high street also with a good cafe ( I had a nice iced latte there)

Details please.

 

[Parm]

One for the @The_Yellow_Ardvark here.
Found this in a little shop in Lyme Regis today.
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It got the war department arrow stamp (learnt this off the forum!) and 1945 on it so it's 74 years old?
£4

I'm going hunting again tomorrow to see what else I can find.

Fossils on the beach?

 

[dobbslc]

Details please.

About halfway up the main road it's behind the post office.
It sells allsorts of stuff. Military, a few tools, trinkets and I also saw a massive blow lamp about 12" tall.....

Fossils on the beach?

Not been that far down yet, the boys have spent hours in the surf!

 

[Parm]

About halfway up the main road it's behind the post office.
It sells allsorts of stuff. Military, a few tools, trinkets and I also saw a massive blow lamp about 12" tall.....


Not been that far down yet, the boys have spent hours in the surf!

When my boys were younger we spent a lot of time in Lyme, also wasted a lot of money on “Geological Hammers” to go fossil hunting

 

[slim_boy_fat]

About halfway up the main road it's behind the post office.
It sells allsorts of stuff. Military, a few tools, trinkets and I also saw a massive blow lamp about 12" tall.....

Noooo!! Don't encourage him.

 

[Chillitt]

Put some oil down the plug and after sitting a few days try rocking it in gear

Its been soaking for a bit. Tonight I put a spanner on the end of the crank and it turns freely until it stops dead... so thats a rod bust, a dropped valve, or maybe just a stuck valve where its been sat for 30 years with one propped open. Gentlemen, place your bets..

 

[Parm]

Noooo!! Don't encourage him.

Probably already been there !!!!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Noooo!! Don't encourage him.

Probably already been there !!!!

I have with Mini Me.

But neither off us can recall the shops name.

But we can recall the picnic food we brought from Tesco.