TV175 1963 strip and rebuild

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Today i patched up a few holes where edge trim and other bolt on things used to be.

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Today i walnut blasted the frame to strip the paint. Frame has cleary been blasted before as it has a rough texture. As it had fine surface rust everywhere I had to spend ages in the oxide machine to strip that... here it is near the end.

https://youtu.be/djlEPbswqNQ

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Frame primed with zinc chromate so a rather fetching puss green.



After a while I'm wishing the blasting cabinet was a bit taller.. oh my back!

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Piston measured today... should be fine but need to check about the ring area dimensions and do the "traditional" way of measuring the cylinder/piston gap.