Yes there was a lot of work to do on it but I asked Ben if I could photograph it before he started on it as it was it was such a time warp machine and nothing out of the ordinary in terms of preparation for a young man back in 1959. There were far worse examples back then and no-one turned a hair. Its difficult to apply today's standards and perhaps we aught not, for instance check out the available road tyres back then.There was not a lot of choice-remember the Guzzi V8 ran on 350X19 tyres. And standards and available knowledge were at a lower level,I bought an old Vincent back wheel a year or so ago for the hub, and the tyre on it was absolutely bald no tread at all, someone had ridden it like that. and I also picked up some brake bits and pieces from another sale one drum had a deep scar in the braking surface halfway through the metal and the bolt holes that fixed it to the hub were elongated by another diameter and shock of all it was a ten hole hub so I doubt this was a Comet tripping round! when these bikes were worth under £100 people who bought them did not have a lot of money and they did what they could with what they had. I agree with what is said but we should be careful in judging the past most of us were not there
) whats happened to it now I don't know but Ben said the customer was happy
