amazing wrecking yard

[dav]

This place is like going back into time...100's & 100's of old cars...I spent a few hours just wondering around, took huge amount of pics...this place is just amazing, words just dont do it justice....iam not a huge fan of cars but this place is something very special...here's a few pics

http://s598.photobucket.com/albums/tt69/gsx1400aus/Cars%20of%20the%20past/

[Ed Miller]

I could happily spend a few hours there.  Those are even older than my '58 Chevy pickup.

[SCJJR65]

Man, those look like some really old cars, too, like from the 30s and 40s!  Looks like time and the weather has reduced them all to the same hazy shade of rust and beige!

[stockman]

The steering wheels are on the wrong side that's how they ended up in the junk yard.

[Dave 2]

Do you mates from down under drive on the left (wrong) side of the road?

[dav]

Do you mates from down under drive on the left (wrong) side of the road?

Dave us Aussies drive on the "right" side of the road which is the left side of the road...its you guys who drive/ride on the "wrong" side of the road

[Nice_One_Son]

Dav,

I looked at some of your other albums.

Man, your engine detailing is superb!

How did you get that look?

What did you use and did you need to dis-assemble the engine to do it?

NOS

[Dave 2]

Left or Right as long as we get down the road in time for a nice beverage  

[dav]

Dav,

I looked at some of your other albums.

Man, your engine detailing is superb!

How did you get that look?

What did you use and did you need to dis-assemble the engine to do it?

NOS

NOS, the whole bike was stripped right down, & the engine/gearbox/drivetrain rebuilt, it was done in the early 90's, i was to young & dumb to take notice or even to look over my old mans shoulder while he was rebuilding her. On the engine he used black 2pak & where its grey he used some sort of outboard motor paint & it still looks good after all these yrs. But it was stored under the house/workshop for about 6yrs until recently & it took a good 2 weekends to scrub & polish her up back to life.

Your doing a complete rebuild are't you? mate cant wait to see the end result 8-)

[Nice_One_Son]

"Your doing a complete rebuild are't you? mate cant wait to see the end result"
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If mine can get anywhere near that quality, will I be one happy bunny!

I had hoped to leave the engine alone, but the more I strip her down I can see that Lucky Lou was right, it's all got to come apart and build her up from the bottom.

So he painted the engine casing?

Ok, I can try that as I want to replace the rocker covers with black units, so I can experiment on the existing covers I have. Outboard paint, I'll see what I can find.

Anyway, your bike looks beautiful, I sat and went through ALL the images about 10 times last night making notes on the detailing, your dad was pretty good!

Thanks Mate and I look forward to revealing mine when she is finished.

[Altritter]

Looks like time and the weather has reduced them all to the same hazy shade of rust and beige!

But looks might be deceptive; remember that the sheet metal of that era was heavier gauge than it is in today's autos. There might still be good metal under all that rust!