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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:54 pm
by nottonight68
frame-nigel morrell,13 rosslyn st-near south rd /richmond rd-he's done heaps of dukes-knows the colours
forks-central powder coaters-33 kent rd keswick
but beware these guys will spray em just as you present them,so make sure you buy some cheap bolts and plug all theaded holes and plug up fork legs and triple trees including where fork legs fit
steve
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:13 pm
by K-Mac
Cheers Steve,just found your thread on painting(powdercoating) the forks.Went and saw Nigel about paint colours and he wasn't to keen on telling me.(cause I"m gonna get my mate to do it). Getting totally disallusioned about this paint thing and might just paint it VE commodore silver which looks about the same.
Cheers K-Mac
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:23 pm
by nottonight68
most painters will be able to match existing paint-although fading is a problem---but hey-silver is silver
steve
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:02 am
by K-Mac
Yeah the paint might be hard to match,cause someone in there wisdom (circa 1980)decided to paint it "Camero ski-boat red" it was probably pretty cool in it's day
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:20 am
by MartinMille BANNED
You got anymore Pictures to add yet ?
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:30 am
by nottonight68
what? like a compliance plate!
i'll bring it in a brown paper bag on monday
steve
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:05 am
by K-Mac
What happened???
More updates??
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:55 am
by nottonight68
moved to the other place
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:12 am
by MartinMille BANNED
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I will be starting my resto towards the end of the year and will write my story about my 76 SS the happy and the pitfalls , your just gonna have to wait
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:29 am
by K-Mac
Martin,Is this the bike in the box from Adelaide?
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:43 am
by MartinMille BANNED
It was , were you the other party ??? you know what I mean !! .
There were many missing parts but most of them sorted now cant wait to start on the engine in a little while
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:30 am
by nottonight68
yea it was probably to dear for me-but i would have liked to give my best offer
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:35 pm
by K-Mac
Martin,I was the other party.We had known about this bike for many years but it wasn't until a mate of mine "rediscovered it" that I made contact to see if it was for sale and now the rest is history.We knew there was a bit missing but the spare donk made up for that.It ended up being an omen(of not buying it) cause 1 week later the baby desmo single came up after looking for a couple years.I also copped a dose from the "Minister of Finance" saying you've already got one of those why another.They just don't understand,it all comes back to the saying"One with the most toys" etc etc
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:18 pm
by MartinMille BANNED
Hi Kym , I wondered for a long time if you were the other party or not , Baby Demso there nice as well was it a yellow 350 ? For me after looking for some time the 76 SS was what I was looking for as the story later will revile.
You know I'm glad everything worked out in the end for both of us , despite the many missing parts, the SS is looking up , I just about have everything that I needed --inluding the missing ""Pistons""
I laugh about it now but it sure wasnt funny at the time
I shall tell my story when the time is right for pictures etc , all this take time
Cheers Martin
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:53 am
by nottonight68
hi all--
havent been doin much blabbering lately---no pics at the moment but progress is being made
motor is undergoing rebuild--just waiting on big-end,got all other parts
got new -contis,shocks,carbies,etc-etc
paint next week
BUT--cannot find--brake pad pins to suit shaved calipers and fairing/screen to suit jod duplo
anyway--couple of weeks will have it nearly done--pics to come
steve