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Thanks guy's, it has been quite fun working it all out A small update for you.. The chassis has gained some strength, joining the sides, top and bottom together.. The prop shaft has been temporary tack welded together so I can see where it will run.. A bit of strength at the Wh chassis and the extra chassis joining point... Quite why I didn't go to the inside edge of the WH chassis rails I'm not sure.. Something for later me thinks.. And two temporary mounts to hold the bodywork in place.. Like so

Here's a shinier outdoor pic and another from years ago, still a DOT.... Just a different one <edit> this is my dad - aka Norlett

Fetched this home from darkest South East London this afternoon - not far from HMP Belmarsh! Looks like it's been exposed to the elements for a while but is basically OK. Never been a great fan of the Briggs / Marquis combination so once it's all running I may retrofit a Sloper.

dont know much about it but heres the pictures

Just needs the Nathan test now

Hi all had a busy evening fabricating the rear chassis and pivot point which is taking abit of working out here is what I've done so far

Just as well. Sticking out like that it could catch on a forklift.

Tight a**e. Got be worth at the very least £60 Charlie.

you have to use diet coke angus it makes the piston shrink

ime going to build a beer keg trailer norm to carry extra petrol

I can help you both out with this, send them to me and i'll redo them to the currently appealing colors, take them to several shows to get the public's view point and have them back to you in say 10 to12 years. Deal?.lol.

Time to fire up the Lister and make sure it's ready for any power cuts!

perfect max

Should be or could be...

There you are Kev. You now know what colour it really should be.

I've got one like that with a bit of paint on it...

That was my first thought when I saw the photo with the bonnet on Fantastic work Max, how much fun was it keeping the wheel hub and rim lined up for welding the spokes in?

Wow looking fantastic keep it up mate

I like it already. Reminds me off the Austin 7 specials of days gone by.

Awesome work

Very impressive and fast work, I would still be at the head scratching stage.

A work of art!

i had a look at it today a very nice bit of work, it reminds me of when i used to build the trikes a lot of head scratching

That's looking great loving the angles Ian

That's looking good, Ian.

TBH there wasn't that much to do to it, there was surface rust but it was in pretty decent nick. All we did was sand the old paint (right back to the metal on the main cover), repaint everything (using some old red lead primer that had been knocking about for years), Martin sharpened it, and added the new roller which was just a rolling pin, we regreased everything and put it back together. The grassbag was just kinda cobbled together after looking at photos. Oh and I think he made a plastic bush on the lathe, for where the handle connects on, cos it rattled. I love the shape of them, and I want another - I can imagine one in grey with a big red shark-teeth mouth! Or with WW2 bomber-style artwork, a glamour girl astride a bomb Flymo..

So we've waited until this little project was complete to show it off. I got bored of racing green and decided that the retro shape of the Conquest needed something more stylish... This will probably horrify the purists out there, but meh.. What do you think? There's 1.5 acres here that needs mowing, and the plan was originally to give this machine away as a gift cos it's not much use here. I don't think we can bear to part with it now though! The roller, by the way, was a bargain buy - it's a rolling pin. The grass-bag is made of a shower curtain, the side of an old PC tower case, and a metal bean pole.