Thanks for the kind words, Rob. I too was blown away the 1st time I saw the new C3 in '68. I was only 13 at the time and bought this one when I was 20. I drove it year round for 5 years because it was the only car I had after selling everything I owned to get the $3500 I needed to buy it. That was a lot of money in 1975..lol. The looks I got trudging through 2 feet of snow with that car were priceless.
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Helped my friend primer his '55 Corvette in a rented booth. It's a V8 from new but the one in it is a hodge podge, a '60 283 solid lifter with a '57 Rochester FI unit, has a Muncie 4 speed and is all refreshed mechanically to a high standard. He has a huge stash of history, late 50's and early 60's autocrossing trophies and many pictures of his dad with Zora Arkos Duntov. Zora became friends with his dad after seeing him at shows and said it was how he wanted to build the Corvette but it was a struggle with management, has pictures of them driving it together. This is the first high build coat, looks like a Mary Kay car until it's sanded (turns gray). Took about 4 hours to mask it and mix/paint, clean up.
Quite hot in the booth and exhausting, but fun and a great learning experience as I'll be doing my '54 Willys wagon at some point. He has to now fill pinholes etc, then another coat of primer before the white topcoat.
More info and history here, my friend's quite a guy, and a good writer too.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c1-and-c2-corvettes/3837238-update-on-my-55-a.html
Last edited by oldGSfan; 07-11-2021, 02:07 AM.Tom
'82 GS1100E Mr. Turbo
'79 GS100E
Other non Suzuki bikesComment
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oldGSfan,your friend with the 55' Corvette is doing a Full restoration on that car:is that his for keeps? or is he doing that prior to selling it ?Comment
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Nice 1st Gen Corvette..and a fuelie to boot. Mine was in that stage before painting it black. It's a ton of work to get a nice finished paint job on a fiberglass car. Please post up a finished pick or 2. Thanks for sharing his progress.1979 GS1000S,
1982 Honda CX500 Turbo, 1982 Honda MB5 w/CR80 motor, 1977 Honda "nekid" Goldwing, 1976 Honda CB550F cafe', 1972 Honda XL250 cafe'Comment
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Put a much taller windshield on the FZ1, adding about 8 more inches of height over the stock one. Just got tired of the wind blast coming home from Bedford. National Cycle bubble type. So far I'm liking it.Current Bikes:
2001 Yamaha FZ1 (bought same one back)Comment
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Just this afternoon, putting a new tyre & wheel on the 850.
Bloody caliper was dragging on one side.
Wtf, how did that happen. Couldn't see how it was occurring until I noticed I'd put in one of the top-hat sleeves rase for below.
I mean, I've only fitted a hundred front tyres to these bikes, so can't blame unfamiliarity.Dave
'79 GS850GN '80 GS850GT
Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car windowComment
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Started in on my '66 Norton N15CS pile of parts (mostly there) after sorting out the bill of sale details. My 16 y/o son enjoys the Allen Millyard videos (as do i) and has taken a keen interest in this one after I sold his XT350 he never got to ride - I made 1K profit after refreshing it and that went toward his first vehicle, a nice 1st Gen Tacoma. I told him if he works on the Norton he can have it. Seeing the motor apart so he could see the relationship of the moving parts was a good primer and stoked interest too.
I can't afford to restore it as parts are too expensive and hard to find. Plus it already has non-standard, but really beautifully done paint. I'll use what I can scrounge and improve weak spots. My forks are shot but are 35mm so I am thinking GS750 single disc wire wheel will be a good upgrade to that single leading shoe drum, for example. We got the various nuts and attachments off the primary and timing side using leverage (him sitting on the engine for some) and pullers I had, heat, PB blaster, even employed an oil filter wrench to hold the stator to remove the nut. Also I got the pinion gear off the timing side of the crankshaft using tire irons and heat rather than an expensive single purpose tool. Split the cases and discovered a crack at a barrel stud, a replacement on the way for $75.
A big thanks to member RustyTank for the Whitworth tools and manual!
Hmmm what does this do?
First couple hours work
Crack! Commando spare I have could work but would be extra effort for the ignition (magneto) drive.
The pile part
The painted bits, hand lettered and striped
Tom
'82 GS1100E Mr. Turbo
'79 GS100E
Other non Suzuki bikesComment
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oldGSfan,that crack in the crankcase around the cylinder stud looks like it needs a repair with Tig welding and then carefully smooth-over it to give it some cosmetic restoration.Comment
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Heated up the block from a 88-90 GSX1100F and dropped the sleeves. This winter the sleeves and pistons will be going into the GS1150efe, 1260cc should give me a respectable boost in hp and ft lbs.1979 CBX, AW440 Maico, GS1150EF
http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...ine=1447792849Comment
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1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.Comment
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