the showman

Amazing work Richard and. Lovely to  see. 

Got  both of the fuel tank brackets finished and in primer today only thing left to do is flush the rust out of the tanks.
Had a look at the two bonnets , I’ve kept moving them down the list as i new they were bad but getting to  the point where I need to do  something with them, not sure what yet I don’t think I’ll sand blast them yet.

I think if you blast them you will end up with dust chris 😂

They're bad. Especially the red one.  Looks like they need the bad areas cut out and new material welded in. Or fibre glassing.

Got  both of the fuel tank brackets finished and in primer today only thing left to do is flush the rust out of the tanks.
Had a look at the two bonnets , I’ve kept moving them down the list as i new they were bad but getting to  the point where I need to do  something with them, not sure what yet I don’t think I’ll sand blast them yet.

Got  both of the fuel tank brackets finished and in primer today only thing left to do is flush the rust out of the tanks.
Had a look at the two bonnets , I’ve kept moving them down the list as i new they were bad but getting to  the point where I need to do  something with them, not sure what yet I don’t think I’ll sand blast them yet.

Got tanked up today, found some off cuts of metal in stock so I’ve made two fuel tank brackets 
Think the photos show the process.

Got tanked up today, found some off cuts of metal in stock so I’ve made two fuel tank brackets 
Think the photos show the process.

Got tanked up today, found some off cuts of metal in stock so I’ve made two fuel tank brackets 
Think the photos show the process.

Sorry to read this news, I Know how you feel after loosing Lily myself 14 months ago.
My thoughts are with you mate 

Sorry to read this news, I Know how you feel after loosing Lily myself 14 months ago.
My thoughts are with you mate 

Looks good so far Chris! You can't tell you've doctored the rims about, some good looking gaskets you've knocked up too. I could be wrong but I think that dark blue/black Kohler K91 was the one you had of me a few years back.  

Found some 1/4 plate and made 2 engine plates so now both engines fitted and all pulleys and drive belts.
Next job will be to make 2 fuel tank mounting brackets so the  filler neck  pokes through the hole in the hood.

Found some 1/4 plate and made 2 engine plates so now both engines fitted and all pulleys and drive belts.
Next job will be to make 2 fuel tank mounting brackets so the  filler neck  pokes through the hole in the hood.

Found some 1/4 plate and made 2 engine plates so now both engines fitted and all pulleys and drive belts.
Next job will be to make 2 fuel tank mounting brackets so the  filler neck  pokes through the hole in the hood.

Looking good Mr Showman
 
 
 
 

Found some 1/4 plate and made 2 engine plates so now both engines fitted and all pulleys and drive belts.
Next job will be to make 2 fuel tank mounting brackets so the  filler neck  pokes through the hole in the hood.

Found some 1/4 plate and made 2 engine plates so now both engines fitted and all pulleys and drive belts.
Next job will be to make 2 fuel tank mounting brackets so the  filler neck  pokes through the hole in the hood.

So far.  So good. 

Found some 1/4 plate and made 2 engine plates so now both engines fitted and all pulleys and drive belts.
Next job will be to make 2 fuel tank mounting brackets so the  filler neck  pokes through the hole in the hood.

Bit more done 
 
 

Thanks mate, it will look better once it's finished.. but i do like the mish mash of different bit's of cladding inside 
 
 
 
Thanks Paul.. It did survive the wind and rain last month... as for the Sunday just gone.........
 
 
 
Nah... The coffee's help warm our hands thus making them work better
 
 
As always progress has been slow, but it's getting there and I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel...
Or should that be "light through the window" that's getting fitted tomorrow 
 
The wall in the last photo in my last update has been finished....   The curve in the wall adds character.
 

 
 
The next wall on the "To be clad" hit list was the big wall in the shed section...  I think the random not matching planks look great.. The dark planks were my old garden gate!    Yep, I like to recycle..
 

 
 
Another one of thos milestone has been reached... You know your getting somewhere when the white paint goes on
 

 

 
 
I also painted as much of the "shed end" as I could with all the bit's piled up against the wall.
The next day even more stuff got piled up on the pile as I had to clear a lot of space for....
 

 
 
More cladding... Having finally run out of wood to recyle as cladding I got 5 8x4 sheets of OSB to finish the cladding and put the wall up between the shed and workshop....
 

 
 
Well, that was the plan.....
 
 
Until the strong winds removed a large part of my felt roof!!
 
So two (and a bit) of the sheets have been used as tempoary rather large roof tiles until I can get some heavy duty felt..... And then hope there will be a nice wind and rain free day!
 

 
 
In other workshack news the bench has been taken down, the corner cleared of bit's and a frame has been built to fit the window in the back wall...
Here it is wedged in the frame to check for fit..
Ok, the view isn't great, but it will be a lot better when the wood has been removed so you can actually see out 
 
Ok, even when the wood is removed the view is only of a couple of garage roofs.... But the light and heat that it will create in the shack will make it more than worth it
 

 
 
And that is the build up to date, but for those of you who need a video fix... here it is.... Enjoy..
 
 

Good progress Ian, looking good. 

I decided to paint the black bits instead of vinyl because I have always found you get creases when you do large areas
 
 




I will put the decals on later

I’ve put the carbs through the ultrasonic cleaner and assembled one and fitted to the engine so i now have one nice running engine.
I can say I’m well pleased with the engine as ive owned it for about six years and its been under the bench ever since.
I feel a big hurdle crossed today.