Morning All,
Fxxxrr, I’m fully on board with your desire to preserve this machine as it is with all (or most) of it’s modifications and I f’ully get why you would want to. I would love to see it just got running and the transmission repaired ( the blocks on the drive pedal are the give away
).
Preserving the machine is important and you will be doing that. Preserving this particular machines own history seems far more important. Im all for keeping it the way it is.
Perhaps leaving it the way it is with the bonnet off is an option? That said personally I’d like to see it on if it can be done with the very minimum of intervention. Perhaps the bonnet can be mounted through the existing holes with long bolts and spacer bushes? You’d then need to come up with something at the back as it won’t close onto the ‘firewall’. Looks like clearance on dad’s lever is going to be a problem? Like Nath said dropping the tank a bit should be easy.
Cheers,
P.S. I noticed it has been repaired at the front behind the axle pivot. Mine needed to be completely rebuilt in that area.
