Re: Council Estate Custom
Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:48 am
Very nice work, just my type of resto. This old Vespa has earned every bit of its patina. Any thoughts on the seat you're going to use ?
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Cheers Garry - and yes the workmate served well as a makeshift bench. I just fixed the frame to it through the stand bolt holes.garry inglis wrote:thats a cracking job cartmell 808 it looks great the patina it sat well on your workmate did you bolt it down
Too right Hendy - me little pal would have had his hands in in for sure... god rest his soul.hendy wrote:Looks lovely and I'm in about the same situation myself with an LI. I'll bet you wouldn't be doing this if Shaun was still around though .
Not thought about a seat yet, I may just re-cover the original seat base for now.T5-190 wrote:Very nice work, just my type of resto. This old Vespa has earned every bit of its patina. Any thoughts on the seat you're going to use ?
Cheers Hendy - I’m really happy with now it’s all done.hendy wrote:Lovely. I used to hate things like this, but I've come to appreciate them now.
So much so that I'll finish one myself on Thursday night.
What motor have you got in.?