Howdy Michael,
Wow, groovy machine and story. I've hit opposite ends of the spectrum with my Vin's, extremely time consuming over the top resto on the Red Rap (click link in my sig to view) and then a more expedient rattle-can painted Shadow which now 1,100 miles later after 10/08 purchase as a moldy basket case (pics here) and then started pretty shortly thereafer for the first time in 32 years on 2/07/09, I now admit reluctantly to be more gratifying than spending years making it into a another museum piece while missing out on delightful rides I've experienced thus far. Patina's not a bad thing at all, in fact it's a refined art in the AMCA as you'll note at my site on my 1946 Chief - An Old Painting Retouched -.
E3L's are very durable, it was the lousy mechanical regulators that did them in. As Bruce mentioned, set up it up for controlled ground with a PODtronic, mine has provided years of trouble free service on the Rap.
http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/forum/album.php?albumid=9
Wow, groovy machine and story. I've hit opposite ends of the spectrum with my Vin's, extremely time consuming over the top resto on the Red Rap (click link in my sig to view) and then a more expedient rattle-can painted Shadow which now 1,100 miles later after 10/08 purchase as a moldy basket case (pics here) and then started pretty shortly thereafer for the first time in 32 years on 2/07/09, I now admit reluctantly to be more gratifying than spending years making it into a another museum piece while missing out on delightful rides I've experienced thus far. Patina's not a bad thing at all, in fact it's a refined art in the AMCA as you'll note at my site on my 1946 Chief - An Old Painting Retouched -.
E3L's are very durable, it was the lousy mechanical regulators that did them in. As Bruce mentioned, set up it up for controlled ground with a PODtronic, mine has provided years of trouble free service on the Rap.
http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/forum/album.php?albumid=9