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Well , if nobody's interested in a vintage Norton------then sure as God made little green apples nobody will be interested in a Triumph Trophy. As I remember it "back in the day" most boat drivers had a motorcycle or two tucked away in the back of a shed, I know I did!
Maybe I backed the wrong horse here ?
Not to change the subject - but what is the current status of the 1st V6 Merc you now own? A photo woud be appreciated, even if it's just on a stand. Thanks!
pretty much the the same as when we bought it 5months ago BERNIE except it's upright and on a stand. mark still has a couple of months on his 50 foot superboat, then the next project is the V6 and after that, the Cosworth, but I'm not holding my breath!Quote:
Originally Posted by bernie
Now if you kept a black shadow tucked away you could probably swap it for that Bentley..Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
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Inprogress as they say----for the life in me, I have no idea why I started this "concept", it's early days, I may feel different tomorrow-----it's a piece of boating history best forgotten !
Bjorns Shadow had less than 12,000 miles on the clock from new, had been stored in a shed for 50 years, he spent two years making it BETTER than new----he sold it to the president of the Vincent Owners Club!
While it's worth a shilling or two today, I doubt very much it will ever rise in value to the dizzy heights of a Bentley Continental Speed Pilgrim.
Pissing down again! Grey skies , thick cloud cover, on the bright side, the garden needs some rain.
Jilly left for Somerset this morning at 6 am. Son number two finished the Radio/Chemo for a while so she is bringing him to stay here for a few days.
I shall tootle off into the workshop for an hour or two this morning and get stuck into finishing some of the many half finished projects I have skulling around the place, enjoy your weekend-----
Bon continuation !
Off to the Beaulieu Boat Jumble today,with some of the boys from Bristol Docks....I/we never buy much if anything- it's mostly "stick & rag" kit anyway.
But we all have a bit of banter and a chance of finding a trinklet from the old days always appeals..Phill.
Phill, you should know by now, just when the cars running like a roller, when you least expect it, a wheel falls off or you run out of juice or it rains and the wipers are dead ! Same thing with boat jumbles, mostly crap that folk don't want any more, sails that are rotten, small outboards that were dropped overboard five years ago but still look good, you never find what your looking for, but you do come across a bloke who has a friend who's had this sprint Molinari locked in an old pigsty for forty years and is open to offers! Never give up.
A little slow on a Sunday morning, Jackie----I have one in the 'shed' (hangar) over 37 years, 6000 miles, should be a great summer project---not a Classic British bike, tho---Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
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should be a nice project Gene------for my birthday in 1971 I bought a Honda 500 4, Kept it for ten years then swopped it for a 1953 Triumph Thunderbird with 18 miles on the clock.Quote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
Sold that to an Aussie bike rider for £2,000, plus a Mercedes LWB van, a Canon camera, plus a gold and steel Rolex--------saw a really nice BMW1200, had to have it, gave the guy the Rolex and £600.
Have always been into crazy deals, but invariably I would make a shilling or two on all my deals,
don't ever remember coming unstuck on anything!
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I cant stay pissed at you for long, this is the Triumph Trophy competition bike, he has changed to electronic ignition, rims have just been re chromed and wheels are at present being rebuilt.
Bike was only used once in the Scottish six day trial.
Goooooood morning peeps, it's one of those "to die for"sort of mornings, blue skies, wall to wall sunshine, chestnut trees are sporting candles, Tulips are just past their best-----lawn looks like a garden should-------green ,with stripes! After the rain it feels like everything is just bursting with life. MA nature is ready to show off again.
Jilly is due back today, bringing Matt for a few days, see if we can take his mind ofn things, may have to go walkabouts, not one of my favourites--------lets just play it by ear, and go with the flow.
Had a nice easy day in the workshop, made progress on the V8, did a drawing of the V6 Merc and a Stinger, actually did a gear case for the "Rude". Authenticity plus artists licence makes a " "concept" a whole lot easier-----trick is, to find a feature folk can relate to and build round it.
Here I go, rambling on again about nothing in particular------just telling you the "tricks this old retired boat racer gets up to"------it simply keeps my mind alert and delays senility and dementure and halts the arthritis for a while.
Turned down a trip to the casino last night, was my nieces birthday and the family had a night out and big eats in Bournemouth-----Jilly had left me crispy fried duck and pancakes with rice pudding and fresh cream so I didn't exactly starve. Watched the final episode of POLDARK then came to bed and read my Sydney Sheldon book,(wonder if he's any relation to R/J).
Is that the new Poldark or the old one?
Only do new Pilgrim !
Settled into a steady rhythm, things were clicking along nicely when I spied R/J's Concept ROTORY, took one look at the gear case and decided it had to go, Johnno's an engineer, whereas I'm just a good bodger It now has a rather good gear case, will engrave some sort of .
tribute to the old chap and see about getting it packed and posted.
Was going to get it professionally engraved, but the cost was more than the. Bottle of scotch and anyway it's more " authentic" with my shaky scribble, I'll tell you when it's posted.Johno.
Gene - Didn't you have a Harley in S Fla? Seems like I remember you riding it wearing cowboy boots?? Those are the important things a child remembers. We used to visit your house in, was it Hollywood??? You flew Dad and Mark and I over the Marine Stadium one time. Was probably '74 or '75. I'm probably wrong about most of this, but that's the way I remember it! RonQuote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
Is that a Z1 - 1100 cc - 1980 maybe ???Quote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
1978---try to visualize an 84 year old on this---:nonod:Quote:
Originally Posted by willabee
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Hi Ron---good memory!! You were maybe 10? --The 'Harley' was a Honda 750, I still have the cowboy boots (Lucchese) ---Say Hi to Jeff and Sally---I bet Jeff is still banging on props in his 'retirement'?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronster43
OK Gene, how 'bout you get out there astride the "QUACKER" , get someone to take a piccie and I will take the Norton for a spin-----we can confound all these young puppies.
Or, you could hire something hot at Tavares and I'll borrow Bill Bakers Harley, we could drag the strip in front of the hotel?
Lets start an annual over 80/s drag, to create a bit of interest!!!
Don't mind doing the trophies for it!
That's about the time they introduced the 1000 LTD. It sounded better than the Z1-R, had a "Harley" look to it but didn't leak oil all over the place. It was also faster than any HD out there, 134 on the speedo, so I bought one. I remember a couple of dudes in a "Six Pack Dart" or something similar messing with me on a highway. I slowed and took the left lane, we exchanged a few words and then hit it ..... they did an "exit, stage right" first chance they had. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
Someone must have agreed with my assessment of that machine, third year I owned it, the bike was taken from my garage while I was at work. Had less than 3000 on it, looked brand new ..... bummer :mad:
So, Willa, you were a "Biker" back in the day-----the Webster of boat racing , actually was a spittin an farting moustache toting hell raising bad assed biker------Yee---feckin hah or as they said back in the " jumping Jehoshaphat "!
I always knew, you couldn't be all bad.
Bill, there is only one motor that sounds better than a Z1-R with a Kerker---and we all know what that is---:)Quote:
Originally Posted by willabee
Agree??Quote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
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I was, had hair that almost covered my ears! :D Was even invited to ride to a rock concert with the local H.D. Boys. Did that, was having a lot of fun until the bullets started flying (real bullets) .... rode home by myself!Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
You certainly get no argument from this "bad assed biker" :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
You know what William,----the COSWORTH at 10,000 rpm running dry, sang a really beautiful song, but then again, I am terribly biased. Only getting off the dock and OUTA the hole could you get that sound-----squirting co2 down the pipes and running 8,500 quieted it down to just a healthy growl.
So nice to get folk talking to each other again on the site. As I get older, I find I have no appetite for today's TV -----I used to have soccer playing heroes, but they were all home grown, nowadays it's 90% overseas players getting paid a million pounds a month plus, funded by Murdoch and Skye, but paid for by Joe Doakes so I tend to lose myself on the iPad.
Love being in the shop creating stuff from memory mainly but surprising myself with my ability to draw a gear case then carve it out of a solid billet with a modicum of success.
looking at different boats and engines of all types, trying to pair the outstanding ones with the boats/motor combinations-----I know they will never be anything else other than a "concept", I just don't have the time, inclination or ability to make perfect scale models and if anyone ever wants me to make a special for them I will do it to the best of my ability.
Did Donmac a guitar body in ash last year----we agreed a price, told him if he wasn't happy with it, I'd give him his money back, worked out fine.
One of the best things I have done is a commision from Rich Luhrs for a very special trophy he wanted made------I would like to say it's finished, but every time I look at it I see something I could improve on, so I take it bits and do the mods until I am satisfied with it. We agreed this over a sandwich and a beer in Tavares, if he likes it, we agree a price, if he don't like it, we auction it off, it's just a question of trust!
By the by Rich, am in the middle of making a wood rimmed four spoke steering wheel for the Silver Ghost, they all had the same pattern, real finicky piece of kit, but it'll be alright on the night!
Just about finished the sprint Molli for Watermark, done a straight six with steering and a half decent gear case, not a bad effort, think he will be reasonably happy, we'll settle the bill over a beer.
Spent a while over R/J's gear case , it didn't somehow look right, so one thing leads to another and I had to find the right 70/s race prop, Jesus wept, the depths I plunge to for a bottle of malt, but the damn thing is nearly there!
Thats me done for tonight----more ramblings later. Night! Night. MYGGWY.J.
ANother of the wonder mornings, all things bright and beautiful, life is great so I wonder when an what the kick in the balls is going to be this time!
Seems to me ,whenever all things in the garden are lovely, along comes a plague of slugs and snails so have to smell the roses every chance I get.
Was surprised there was no comments on last nights ramblings, but it's great we got Willa And Gene back in the saddle.?
time for the three S/s------talk later,J.
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Eanie, meany miney and "OH SH-T, here comes Ermintrude!
Made a real good job of the V8 concept, then messed up on the paint job.
Must stay away from paint-----we just don't mix.
Have a few good phoggies of the brute, time for me nap.
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Couple more to keep you occupied , actual colours are ok, Application non va!
Agreed...:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:: thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
PS - I always admired the skillful applications of the duct tape band aids :eek:
Thanks Bob, I forgot how much duct tape we used back then----:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob V
Jackie....are you coming to the Bristol Bash on the 6th June?--It's only a bus ride from my hovel and although I'd feel too much of a fraud to show my face
at the evening "sit down" the fact I saw most of the wet action over the years I think would qualify a visit for the afternoon dock walkabout...Phill.
Walnut wing was wondering what was happening, up there on the shelf collecting dust.
Its only cut out and ready Hasn't been touched for over a month, I'd gotten so into gear cases,
i almost forgot it was there. Took it down and started fernagling, carved a cockpit, put a leading and trailing edge on the centre section then realized I still had Watermarks sprint to finish.
thats when I saw the sanding marks on the deck under the polish, only one thing for it, strip the polish with acetone, dismantle the whole shebang, get it back to square one. So that's what I did.
In the meantime back on the bench is a very nice V8 Ermintrude with a dog nasty paint job, what to do? Still cogitating! Decide tomorrow.
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came up with a brilliant idea for a mount, two 90 degree chunks of polished stainless, spot welded together drill a 5.5 m hole and mount it by the prop shaft, can even get o prop on there too.
May do the same thing with the ROTORY----absolute touch of class from a real smart asse !
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Watermarks sprint laid bare ! It's had two coats of mat varnish just to seal fill the grain, ready for de nibblng with 1500 grit, will try waxing it tomorrow-----if that don't work, I'll clear varnish it
I really do have to finish some of these damn things and stop poncing about.
Found a great way to mount any boat-----take a chunk of two by four, shape an angle, stick a three by one piece of velcro on the boat and the block and by George I do believed I've got it.
Going to take a few hours out to visit my friend BillMouland, one of the world's great wood turners, I need some help with the Rolls Royce steering wheel, I tried to make one this morning and yet again failed miserably----Will try again tomorrow.
Thats me gone, night all, MYGGWY,J.
Lookin GOOD!Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Very, very nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
These water based varnishes do not fill the grain, it lifts it ok but it would take twenty coats to fill IT properly.
Made good progress with the walnut wing but need some new clear yacht varnish before I can continue, will do the motors and gear cases meanwhile!
---and the music ain't the same either, Jackie----Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
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Age is just a number Gene, my dark skinned mates have a saying----"you is what you is"
I will never run a marathon, swim a mile,or ride a bike for ten miles, fact is, I didn't do it when I was a teenager so why the hell wouldI be fool enough to do it now.
Anything with an internal combustion in it was just fine by me"