The process has finally started. Every nut, bolt, bearing etc dissembled, all parts and frame have been sandblasted. First coat of etch primer on, second coat of galmet rust paint on, waiting to dry for final two coats of hammertone green which I had made up at my local panel shop paint supplier with a sample. The handle bars are now at the electroplaters after many hours of sanding back to bare metal with emry paper and a wire wheel on grinder due to rust. Reel has been painted a briggs and Stratton orange. I made this colour myself by mixing a Signal Red and a Golden Yellow Galmet epoxy rust paint. All painting has been done with a gun and compressor.

I have been hunting around and am very close to finding someone for the reel and bed knife sharpening before reassembling. So the ball is rolling there.

Replacing all bearings, that is; rear main roller bearings X2, cutting reel bearings X2, large sprocket X1, medium sprocket X1, inside clutch cone where spring is X1, clutch shaft housing / retainer at chain end X1.

So far, $100 for re-chroming the handle bars, $35 carton of beer for sandblasting (mind you I had another quote for $150 elsewhere), hammertone green paint was free as I knew the paint supplier, Galmet yellow and red and etch primer paint I already had. Yet to buy bearings, couple new nuts and bolts, tin of chrome paint for small accessories, heat proof paint for exhaust, and resharpen reel and bedknife. So there are a few dollars still ahead of me yet. All consumables like thinners, wd 40 etc, thread locker, bearing retainer etc I already have so I�m lucky there. If anyone is not to sure about a resto, (like I was) all this must be considered along with all the tools to do the job, time and patience.
I am thoroughly enjoying it though and can�t wait to put it all back together�. Hoping that I remember where it all goes!

Cheers, Craig.

Heres the frame getting pulled down....