Resurrection of a wreck

John Watson · Post by **John Watson** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 7:30 am

Nice work there, Geoff.

Geoff Hastings · Post by **Geoff Hastings** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:41 pm

The profile is not as complex as it looks, imagine just inserting a vee shape about 1 1/2 inch across on each corner to get the flare. I did as you said and inserted a wire to get the rolled edge right and give it strength.

John Watson · Post by **John Watson** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:04 pm

Starting to take shape:

P1256266 by Happy Grandad2010, on Flickr

The front fender is beyond reprieve, the trailing edge as well as the sides were trimmed far beyond what could be reasonably restored with my limited resources, so I got lucky and a found one that had slight, but rectifiable damage for relatively few pieces of silver. Plenty to get on with in the meantime.

Geoff Hastings · Post by **Geoff Hastings** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:01 pm

Looking good John.

oldbikedude · Post by **oldbikedude** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 7:42 pm

Taking shape nicely.

John Watson · Post by **John Watson** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:59 am

Thanks guys.

Seadog · Post by **Seadog** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:23 am

Nice work, John.