Life's good sometimes, especially sorting through boxes you packed away years ago and forgot about............
Found a further quantity of WD Flea parts today that I'd buried, including NOS Miller Ignition coils, fork and wheel spindles, etc.....plus a set of fork blades, front wheel, fuel tank, gearchange gates and levers, etc........well pleased.......
Plus a box or two full of Burman, Norton Dollshead and BSA gearbox stuff.....plus many other parts.........
Now only need time to sort through......at some point or another I want to keep enough Burman parts to keep the W/NG on the road and as for the 16H enough parts to build-up a spare gearbox.................
I had a 6-8 week sort out recently which I've now completed...(Actually, I finally got fed up sorting through boxes of shrapnel...)
Much of it was past its 'sell by' date and though arguably usable was of limited value and not particularly rare...
That all got weighed in along with damaged/rusty heads and barrels, cranks with damaged threads/worn mainshafts, damaged/corroded crankcases, timing covers etc. etc...
In fact all the things I thought 'might come in handy' or 'might become worth repairing one day'...I realise now it's not going to happen in my life time...
I did find lots of good stuff as well, some of which I've given away/sold or cleaned up and preserved for future use...
I soon realised I had far too many of some parts (do I really need 30 M20 conrods or 28 assorted crankshafts?) and too few of others...The correct 'balance' for my own use has now been restored...
Amongst it all were a few gems I'd forgotten about or not seen recently...
An additional bonus is I now have more space and can find what I need more easily..
In the Autumn when the weather starts to get cold again I'll start on the gearbox parts..
...Ian
email (option): ian@wright52.plus.com
Hi Dave. Can you email me about various Flea bits and I will answer asap ? Apologies, but wife back in hospital so priorities elsewhere atm......
email (option): sjmwdbikemad@aol.co.uk