Hello Ron, Just a quick follow on, I have just cut a flap out of the top of a C oil tank, To give it a good clean, It's not very thick !! I hope my welding is up to scratch, Cheers Bill.
Hello Ron, Just a quick follow on, I have just cut a flap out of the top of a C oil tank, To give it a good clean, It's not very thick !! I hope my welding is up to scratch, Cheers Bill.
Sorry got too clever and messed up ! you have to click on the small photo to get the second photo,What i thought was a shelf, Seen through the filler cap, Is a strength or vibration strip 3/4 " wide there are two of them, The rear one seen in photo. I cut a flap 4"x 2" 3 1/2" from the rear, What I found inside was soft, So it might have flushed without cutting the top open !! Should have done what my brother Ron told me and left it alone !! Still I found it interesting, Hope Ron yours is sorted now, Cheers Bill.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vincent-...orcycle_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4ae1fc8a34
There is also an oil tank, possibly matching the steering head. If so, then it is a Series B item and could be worth a look.
The steering head is from a Rapide imported into Sydney in Feb. 1949.
The Type 1 bearing housings are very susceptible to front end impact, but also easily twisted even without being involved in a ‘head on’ situation. I’m sure this was quickly flagged up by dealers, leading to the stronger type 2 design. A few years ago I had a type 1 that was badly out of line so took it to Bob Dunn who had a jig at that time. After spending lots of hours without success, bob called me to say he was prepared to try something that had a chance of writing the part off, if I willing to take the chance. Luckily it worked but cost me plenty of money, but worth it to save the headstock.I'll be careful here, since the seller may be a forum member or friend, and appears to have 100% seller satisfaction rating over many transactions , but my own recent experience with my UFM indicates that a buyer should look carefully at the steering stops and at the top view of the tank. It appears that the two parts of the UFM will only be available in Australia, and that is a big country for a personal inspection, but any interested buyer should ask for a picture like those below. The top one is pretty nice, and the bottom one is mine before I tried to unbend it. I had some limited success. These are both of the earliest tubular "outie" fork type, and the one for sale looks like a type 2, which is a rectangular "outie" fork type and may be stronger. These numbered bits are hard to find, as I well know, so the value should depend on the availability, need, and the ability to remedy faults.
Ron
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Can you tell us what Bob did Vince ?, I had not heard of this fault, Cheers Bill.