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That lot should last you a while Koen

Thanks James, yeah it was very nice of Honda to make life easier for me, though the only downside is the engine has to be offset to the left a little bit. Not enough to upset the handling though.. Progress on this build has been a lot slower than it should of been, but now I have a direction to go in things should speed up.. But first... With the help of Nigel and his bloody heavy pipe bender new longer and stronger bit's of tube were shaped for the lower rails.. Not welded on in these photo's. Up until Monday I didn't really know which direction this build was going in.... Get the engine in, get it driving, I hadn't though any further ahead than that really.. Then out of interest I plonked on a Honda Silverwing fuel tank (yes it's from the very same bike that donated the engine to Why Not) just to have a look.. The quad started to look very mean with more than a hint of "Mad Max" about it.. So the tank was quickly hit with Mat black paint and the Honda MadTrax was born Of course this has now created a lot of extra work, but it will be worth it The big lamp may or may not be staying... I quite like the look of it but others say it's too big.. We shall see

yeah it was a bit of a struggle that day.. Good job Rex is young enough to do the bit's we couldn't! Nice idea Paul, but as you will see the Cushman frame is er.... Way past it's best for a re-power. yeah it sure is big, big enough to need a forklift to er.. Lift it.. A few more photo's for ya all, the back axle is quite a hefty bit of kit! The lever on the diff is for hi/low ratio.. Posh eh Here's what's left of the Cushman, it's not what you would call straight or square! And the reason a V8 won't be going in Paul.. Repairs such as the frame snapping and getting welded back together not straight or square!

Morning guy's, thanks for all the kind comment's... Good news.. Adam is now out of hospital and is on the mend. It will be a slow process though, he is in a lot of pain still and is having a few side effect problems with the medication.. These things take time to heal.

Thanks James Stripping the Cushtyman has not been easy, they are very well bolted together without a captive nut in sight! A big thanks to Rex for all your help removing the engine To make life easier out came the grinder to remove some "in the way" metal "Are we sure the engine comes out through the top"? With the aid of a forklift it did Not what you would call a small engine, it should look good polished up sticking out each side from a WH bonnet

Looking good Rhys

Well spotted Norm

I don't know what you mean Norm

That's sooo cool, you have the look spot on

As the saying goes... "Why have 1 when 6 will do" Saxon (or who ever is making them now) are great trailers, but they need a bit of extra strength added to stop them bending over time.. It can make it hard to get the sides on

A neat solution to carrying the poles Norm, now you just need to work out how to "fire" them out and stick in the ground where you want

That's rather nice Norm, I'd be inclined to just clean it up and hang it on the wall in your garage, great decoration to look at while your sitting having a coffee/tea break

Nice cars Matt, great condition.. Shame you sold the saloon.. Sooo, when's the 2.9 Cossie V6 going in the estate? My dad had a Mk3 Cortina estate years ago, 1.6L auto which was so slow!! I was also my dad's first automatic, it took him quite a while to remember not to push the clutch pedal down

Happy birthday Chris, here's wishing you a good day

A cautionary tale for you guy's and girl's involving stagnant pond water.. My Wife's son Adam had just started a job trial doing landscape gardening, and was told to help clear out a stagnant pond.. Despite having all the safety gear on, thick waders, eye protection, gloves etc he somehow managed to get a bit of wood stuck in he's finger right under the nail after it went through the glove.. Now Adam did what we would all do, pull the bit of wood out, wash the finger and think no more of it.. All was fine until the evening when Adam started to feel like he had a cold/flu coming on... The next day the flu symptoms were a bit worse, so like we would all do Adam just thought he had the flu, it is doing the rounds after all.. The next day the flu symptoms were even worse including a little bit of dizziness.. The next morning Adam was woken up by a shortage of breath and heart palpitations.. He also had strange lumps on he's hands and feet! So he did the right thing and went to the hospital... That was three weeks ago and he is not out yet! What he had caught from the stagnant water was Weil's disease, This infection typically only causes mild flu-like symptoms, including headaches and chills.. If caught early enough!! Unfortunately Adam's wasn't caught early enough and the Weil's disease had started to cause damage to he's spleen, liver, kidney and partially collapsed a lung! That may sound bad but it's all fixable with the right drugs.. The really bad bit is the Weil's had been eating away at two heart valves which is why Adam aged 28 (I think) had two heart valves replaced at St Thomas's hospital yesterday afternoon/evening! The op went well with no problems which was very good news, if Adam recovers well he could be home in a couple of weeks.. So, watch out for stagnant pond water guy's, it can be very nasty life threatening stuff!! Oh, Weil's disease is also available from rat pi$$!

Nice photo's Paul, though you could of found a way of bring that rather nice McCormick B-450 back for me

Thanks mate, she wouldn't be quite so awesome without your decals Thanks Chris, the early Commando style decals do work very well. As I'm a bit slow answering this, you already know what's next Thanks Alan, yeah she has come on a bit over the past 2-ish years.. Thanks Koen, ah the dreaded acorn shooter.. Pete still talks about it every once in a while Ta muchly mate A little late posting this up, but here's a bit of WN action from Brenzett..

Nice work Chris, I'm looking forward to a video of the discs in action... Oh, and don't forget to video Pam's reaction when she works out what you have just done to the lawn

Yeah, it's strange how that can happen

Don't forget to leave some space for a small wood burner, I'm guessing it can get quite cold on the border during winter..

Looks like you guy's and girl had a great time at Mark's place.. A cool video Chris, did Norm have to be towed out in the end?

Good to see you getting on with this Ash, the new rubber looks great

Thanks for the warning Kev