Match Sticks And Stimulants For Four
Added on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 by Carole Nash Editor
Match Sticks And Stimulants For Four
We made a fast getaway on Sunday evening and drove back to Norwich where Jon Fox was standing buy; ready to lay down primer and paint. Whilst Jon Fox laid down the colour on the frame, we got to work preparing the oil tank and Springer forks, then a quick wipe down with degreaser and they go in to the paint shop with the brake discs to get a splash of Carole Nash Blue. Jon used a fast drying accelerator to speed things up a little and by 3am the Santee style rigid frame was looking resplendent, the colour really works well and shows off the detail of the frame better than we had imagined – what a result.
I have to confess that we really felt like going home for a well deserved few hours’ kip, but we can’t leave Jon in the shop on his own – for health and safety reasons - one of us needs to stay with him. The decision is quickly made that if one stays we all stay, it’s not like we don’t have anything to be getting on with, the clock doesn’t stop to sleep; Terry takes a custom style cut down fender of the shelf and cut’s it straight down the middle front to back adding a one inch section to increase the width. Perfect, that will work. We want to keep the rear fender very clean and simple, hugging the fat 500×10 rear tyre.
It was 5am by the time we started carefully wrapping the painted parts, for the journey back to the NEC, talk about cutting it fine, it’s a 3 hour drive in the van, the tank and rear fender are left with Jon to be getting on with whilst we continue the build at the show.
Monday is a relatively straight forward day, we begin with a much needed coffee and then set about mounting the newly painted frame on the bench lift, first thing to go in is the 88ci (1450cc) Revtech engine block, followed by the 5 speed transmission and BDL open belt drive. These jobs seem simple after the past few days of hard fabrication, but make no mistake we’re tired, we’ve had no sleep and one slip will take a chunk out of that paint work and set us back 24hrs.
Next Snowy sets about fitting the Springer front end; by this time a TV crew has arrived to film the build for a one hour special, we try to appear composed as the questions flow and the spotlights burn down on us once again – somebody, please, feed me coffee and pro-plus!
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Work plan for day six - Tuesday
• Begin making one off wiring loom
• Forward controls
• Fitting handle bar risers
• Brakes
Jon Quantrell
Hawg Haven
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