Saving Old Seagulls

With todays fuel prices i wont be going there in a hurry!!!!

more pictures of the journey so far .........
the first picture showing the pipes and driveshaft will be rechromed soon
more pictures to follow when shes back together

Superb job Two questions, do you ever sleep, and have you rubbed your fingers away?

What are the differences in the gearbox compared to the later wartime engines?

Impressive!

OA gearboxes have nothing in common with any of the later gearboxes.

thanks for the comments,

come to think of it i dont get a lot of sleep and yes my fingers are rubbed down to the knuckle

Great post! Have you finished restoring? Will you show us the result?

I've have almost finish her, Just the last bit of chroming left to be done which i have by friday.But here is some picture's of the fuel tank finish and ready to fit. This is the original tank off her.

Nice ! There is nothing more satisfying than restoring a tank to that standard. I know the about of time it takes!

Yes your right about that oyster 49. It was hard work to get the tank to look like that All labour of love i think, oh yes it is

I'm currently doing an early SJM tank, just put a replacement end cap. It's taking many hours to get just so.. I must have spent 2 hours just preparing the end cap so it was a good fit before soldering.

Wow boys i've got my bits back from the chrome shop, what a difference she is going to look brilliant when i put her back together, which will be very soon, I think she is going to look beautiful but you decide.
Here is some picture's of the chromeing i have had done.
More picture's to follow of her back together and when completed.

Chrome doesn't photograph well, starting to look very good.

It's a lot later than yours Bruce, from the last 2 or 3 years of production, few long shafts were made/survived.

THe "before and after" pics are gunna be amazing on this one!