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Restoring the last of the series "A" Comets.
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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 84892" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>Sorry for those wondering how this bike is progressing I will somehow get pictures on here, but basically the complete wheels are finished and have come up very nice. The engine, gearbox and primary are ready for assembly, just waiting for some of the hardware to come back from the cad platers. All the main engine plate and other major "Studs" have been "parkerised" and are ready for assembly. Most all of the major frame, swingarm, pivot plate assembly and many other smaller parts have all been painted in Dupont. The fuel tank which had a couple of dents, I repaired myself, made up some brass cover discs and soldered these over the holes in the base of the tank, the side stainless panels have been polished up and the next stage will be the final masking up and paint. Before polishing the sides, I masked off the side panels and lightly sand blasted the top and bottom panels to ensure a perfectly clean and rust free surface which I then treated with a light coating of rust converter and this helps stop the clean steel from any further surface rust. This is a huge help when cleaning steel parts that may sit around for some time before painting, it is easy to do, and does not affect the paint process. I elected to simply buy all new handlebar controls as trying to find good originals is very difficult and getting them replated is quite expensive. I sent the section of the original rear mudguard off to Vintage Steel in Western Australia and I am awaiting their response. I bought a newly made alloy side stand from Rodney Brown, and Neal Videan has mentioned that he should be able to supply me with a newly made rear stand. If any of you need any new series "A" cam followers, and/or rockers........Let me know, as both Neal and Rodney have made new ones that are absolutely beautifully made. Neal borrowed the two original rockers off this engine to copy, and he not only copied them, but he has two versions to suit either the original valves, and others to suit the post war valves. They differ in the width between the fork end of the rockers. Cheers for now..................Greg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 84892, member: 597"] Sorry for those wondering how this bike is progressing I will somehow get pictures on here, but basically the complete wheels are finished and have come up very nice. The engine, gearbox and primary are ready for assembly, just waiting for some of the hardware to come back from the cad platers. All the main engine plate and other major "Studs" have been "parkerised" and are ready for assembly. Most all of the major frame, swingarm, pivot plate assembly and many other smaller parts have all been painted in Dupont. The fuel tank which had a couple of dents, I repaired myself, made up some brass cover discs and soldered these over the holes in the base of the tank, the side stainless panels have been polished up and the next stage will be the final masking up and paint. Before polishing the sides, I masked off the side panels and lightly sand blasted the top and bottom panels to ensure a perfectly clean and rust free surface which I then treated with a light coating of rust converter and this helps stop the clean steel from any further surface rust. This is a huge help when cleaning steel parts that may sit around for some time before painting, it is easy to do, and does not affect the paint process. I elected to simply buy all new handlebar controls as trying to find good originals is very difficult and getting them replated is quite expensive. I sent the section of the original rear mudguard off to Vintage Steel in Western Australia and I am awaiting their response. I bought a newly made alloy side stand from Rodney Brown, and Neal Videan has mentioned that he should be able to supply me with a newly made rear stand. If any of you need any new series "A" cam followers, and/or rockers........Let me know, as both Neal and Rodney have made new ones that are absolutely beautifully made. Neal borrowed the two original rockers off this engine to copy, and he not only copied them, but he has two versions to suit either the original valves, and others to suit the post war valves. They differ in the width between the fork end of the rockers. Cheers for now..................Greg. [/QUOTE]
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