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- Tue Nov 24, 2015 5:15 pm
- Forum: Standard Scoots & Restorations
- Topic: First scoot & first restoration
- Replies: 52
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Re: First scoot & first restoration
lovely job well done,if leaving everything standard then great, i would have opened up the air scoop a bit while you had the chance bit more airflow to the filter wouldnt harm. Is that just a case of cutting it out with a dremmel or such? I'm going to keep the engine as standard on this one as I pl...
- Tue Nov 24, 2015 9:26 am
- Forum: Standard Scoots & Restorations
- Topic: First scoot & first restoration
- Replies: 52
- Views: 25104
Re: First scoot & first restoration
Quick update, petrol tank, toolbox, air box, rear mudguard, and new wiring loom fitted, starting to take shape now but can't really do any more until I get the engine back (yes, still waiting for it) http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/Wulfy66/4D779795-8BEE-484B-86E5-EBFEC1D1ABA2.jpg http://i11...
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:12 pm
- Forum: Standard Scoots & Restorations
- Topic: First scoot & first restoration
- Replies: 52
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Re: First scoot & first restoration
The rebuild has finally got underway! Etch primed some parts myself http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/Wulfy66/10B8C864-993F-4202-A152-07D78259636D.jpg Proud of myself at fitting the frame top and bottom bearing races http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/Wulfy66/6667707C-EDC5-4518-BB48-DC9...
- Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:16 pm
- Forum: Standard Scoots & Restorations
- Topic: First scoot & first restoration
- Replies: 52
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Re: First scoot & first restoration
Wulfy, you could have saved yourself a journey. Swifco are just around the corner from Scootopia and do a first rate job of blasting and powder coating. Left 2 messages with them but they never came back to me :-( Welcome to the world of customer "service" regarding scooters Andy............
- Sat Sep 05, 2015 4:02 pm
- Forum: Standard Scoots & Restorations
- Topic: First scoot & first restoration
- Replies: 52
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Re: First scoot & first restoration
Doom Patrol wrote:Wulfy, you could have saved yourself a journey. Swifco are just around the corner from Scootopia and do a first rate job of blasting and powder coating.
Left 2 messages with them but they never came back to me
- Sat Sep 05, 2015 10:41 am
- Forum: Standard Scoots & Restorations
- Topic: First scoot & first restoration
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Re: First scoot & first restoration
Well I dropped most of the parts off at RPA Engineering in Bristol for blasting yesterday and also a few bits have gone to S&T Electroplate to be chromed (horn cover, brake pedal, rear light surround & rear name plate surround), so it finally feels like things are starting to progress now. J...
- Sat Sep 05, 2015 10:34 am
- Forum: Standard Scoots & Restorations
- Topic: First scoot & first restoration
- Replies: 52
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Re: First scoot & first restoration
Yup, gave up trying to get them off so Danny gonna do it for me next week hopefullycorrado wrote:And the bearing races in the fork stem.Wulfy66 wrote: (Except the eagled eyed ones will spot the fuel lid still on)
- Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:33 pm
- Forum: Standard Scoots & Restorations
- Topic: First scoot & first restoration
- Replies: 52
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Re: First scoot & first restoration
An observation mate looks like earlier forks looking at the welded on cable guide, why have they been changed in the past i wonder ? Before you paint it i would make sure the frames straight ............................and stick with 6v , just get flywheel remagnetized for good lights again Took it...
- Fri Sep 04, 2015 8:17 pm
- Forum: Paint & Bodywork Tech
- Topic: Colour Help
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Colour Help
Am thinking of doing a similar colour scheme to this but have no idea where to start to find out the name or code of this (or similar) red paint
Any ideas??
Any ideas??
- Mon Aug 24, 2015 12:04 pm
- Forum: Standard Scoots & Restorations
- Topic: First scoot & first restoration
- Replies: 52
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Re: First scoot & first restoration
Many thanks to Chris for saving a lot of time and skin off my knuckles by turning up with his fork spring tool. Have now started stripping the bizarre textured black paint off whilst waiting for the engine to come back and also deciding who is going to do the blasting. http://i1107.photobucket.com/a...