Rome wasn't built in a day, but I'm sure it was quicker than my S7 Deluxe project.
This is the S7 I bought that was 100% dismantled, nearly 2 years ago. It had been dismantled 25 years ago and everything coated in red oxide primer and then left.
I have finally taken another small step and on the weekend had access to a sandblasting booth at our local car club.
I have been waiting for the humidity to drop off here in the tropics of Darwin, as the sandblaster just clogs up during our wet season.
An interesting experience, but the frame was taken back to bare metal, and i have coated the frame with a black POR-15 topcote paint. Looks good. It's a brush on paint that self-levels. Probably a better finish than a spray gun in my hands. Tonight I have hanging from a rack a few other pieces like kickstand, centre stand, brake pedal. I had ducked into the car club at lunch time and sandblasted those.
Mudguards already have a por-15 undercoat and will eventually get a coat of "yuk-green" acrylic. The colour description is from one of the old timers in the club.
One of my motivators for the sudden flurry of movement is this weekend we have a motor show in Darwin and when asked what I was entering, I said the Sunbeam. It will go in as a "project in progress". I figured if it's on display it will encourage others to ask "how's the bike going" and I won't let it sit so long between doing jobs on it.
This Friday I will put the tatty old front forks into the front of the glossy black frame. Attach springs and polished rear drive unit. The rear wheel will be a rusty old thing with no tire. Mudguard is black undercoat. Seat frame with no springs or leather. Front wheel is just the rim, no spokes. shiny chrome handlebars. but i won't install the headlight or fork covers. then I'll sit the tank in place and the engine and gearbox which are both empty will be placed on the ground in its position in the frame.
