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What is the best approach for restoring a Vincent?
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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 56520" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>This is embarrassing. I was searching for something about my Vincent restoration, came across this thread, and realized my last post to it was a full two years ago. Unfortunately, my "one-year" restoration is at essentially the same point it was two years ago. Sigh…</p><p> </p><p>Well, it's not as bad as it seems. Well, it kind of is, but there's an explanation. Two years ago I ramped up my effort from 0 to at least 1 (on a scale of, um, 10), but a few months later my wife announced that we "needed" to move closer to the center of town. I already had one bike I was restoring in 1000 pieces, and clearly having a second one in the same condition when it was time to move wouldn't be the best idea so my effort on the Vincent went back to 0. However, finding the "ideal" house took another 18 months.</p><p> </p><p>We've been in the new house for a month and once I get fully unpacked and reestablished this move should be a net gain for my Vincent restoration since the previous owner had a similar vision as I do for an ideal garage/workshop (e.g. it has a 13 ft. ceiling and separate room for an air compressor). Before moving in I had air lines run with outlets every 10 ft., quad 110V outlets every 5 ft., 220V every 10 ft., and lighting that gives1000 lux (the same as a surgical operating room) when all four banks are on. Thanks to twice the floor space plus now having lots of 8 ft. industrial shelving for storage means my work area is no longer cramped.</p><p> </p><p>Unpacking and configuring is far enough along that my thoughts turned back to getting the Vincent restoration moving again. Which is what brought me back to this thread. I can only hope that the next two years on this one-year restoration sees more progress than the past two years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 56520, member: 2806"] This is embarrassing. I was searching for something about my Vincent restoration, came across this thread, and realized my last post to it was a full two years ago. Unfortunately, my "one-year" restoration is at essentially the same point it was two years ago. Sigh… Well, it's not as bad as it seems. Well, it kind of is, but there's an explanation. Two years ago I ramped up my effort from 0 to at least 1 (on a scale of, um, 10), but a few months later my wife announced that we "needed" to move closer to the center of town. I already had one bike I was restoring in 1000 pieces, and clearly having a second one in the same condition when it was time to move wouldn't be the best idea so my effort on the Vincent went back to 0. However, finding the "ideal" house took another 18 months. We've been in the new house for a month and once I get fully unpacked and reestablished this move should be a net gain for my Vincent restoration since the previous owner had a similar vision as I do for an ideal garage/workshop (e.g. it has a 13 ft. ceiling and separate room for an air compressor). Before moving in I had air lines run with outlets every 10 ft., quad 110V outlets every 5 ft., 220V every 10 ft., and lighting that gives1000 lux (the same as a surgical operating room) when all four banks are on. Thanks to twice the floor space plus now having lots of 8 ft. industrial shelving for storage means my work area is no longer cramped. Unpacking and configuring is far enough along that my thoughts turned back to getting the Vincent restoration moving again. Which is what brought me back to this thread. I can only hope that the next two years on this one-year restoration sees more progress than the past two years. [/QUOTE]
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