Thanks Magman , they do seem to enjoy it .

The look on the testers face when you rolled in with Medusa had to have been priceless!

Well , tuesday was MOT day .

Luckily it was not pouring down with a CAPITAL P, and all was well , found a slight brake light infraction , which turned out ,after i had just about dissemboweled the dash , to be a beak in the wire under the heat shrink next to a soldered joint down by the switch , so i crimped it .this took a long time to find .

good news was the emissions were pretty good ...







and to celebrate another year of mot'ness , i popped on my new name plates ..










noicy noice noice ... i like em !





regards
robert

Originally Posted by Flying Phil

Good work with the new bush Robert

Thanks Phil , it really is nice and firm

Good work with the new bush Robert

well , new gear shift bush made from steel instead of plastic , and fitted .

boy oh boy what a difference , side play reduced to zero , up and down play down to a few mm , i was not expecting such a total change , it feels like a short shift .

very happy with it .



regards
robert

plate welded on and ready to machine now .

Originally Posted by mylesdw

Small world! You'd know the Black Horse at Checkenden and the Rising Sun at Witheridge Hill too I guess.

yes , when the bikers were kicked out of the highwayman we all went to the 4 horseshoes , and sometimes those ones as well .

Originally Posted by ivanhoew

Indeedy , the maharajah of benares , i lived in stoke row for 20 odd years , nice woods ,,,pushed my bsa bantam around them for miles lol. played pool in the crooked billet a lot too .

regards
robert

Small world! You'd know the Black Horse at Checkenden and the Rising Sun at Witheridge Hill too I guess.

Originally Posted by mylesdw

My part of the world (formerly) south Oxon, its beech woods and Chiltern Hills. Stoke Row is famous for an amazing looking cast iron well donated by a Maharajah for some reason and a pub, the Crooked Billet that has no bar - drinks just served from the kitchen door. The Crooked Billet is a posh eatery now so not really a pub any more. BTW car looks great, good that the gear thing was trivial.

Indeedy , the maharajah of benares , i lived in stoke row for 20 odd years , nice woods ,,,pushed my bsa bantam around them for miles lol. played pool in the crooked billet a lot too .



little bit done on the gearshift gizmo ..


here is the plastic bush that died ..





and i decided to make one out of metal .


found an old hunk of steel ,machined it , and thin disc-ed off the bit i needed ..
















found an old exhaust flange for the plate ..












slotted plate , and started slotting the bush..









once slotted i will weld the plate to the bush ,and machine and fit and see how it shifts .




regards
robert