nice colour looks to be coming along nice

You have all met Francis, so I would like to introduce everyone to Terry.


Terry holding a petrified banana found under the back seat.(He can't actually remember the last time anyone was in the back seat)

one of my favourite pics of Francis' tatoo


pieces of Francis




on the ambulance

After arriving at Dr Dicks' cosmetic surgery clinic, Dr Dick carried out an initial assesment. Being a qualified surgeon(panelbeater) for nearly forty years(actually working on 1200's during his apprenticeship),thought it not to bad. Being a professional, Dr Dick prefers to treat the cause not just the problem, so all rust to be cut and plated.
closer inspection

Repairs started.

Engine bay

wow that colour looks nice in the light....

this thing is looking really nice keep the updates comming

Dr dick has been a very busy man, spending one week alone on the rhr quarter!

while Dr dick has been toiling away, I took the mighty A12 to Wynumn engine reconditioning to get all the machine work done. Bored, honed and decked block,machined crank, resized rods, installed new cam bearings, refaced followers, hot tanked block,head, rocker cover and sump,cam reground (standard),new pistons installed onto rods, 2 small welds on head, 8 new valve seats(old ones were brass?),4 new exhaust valves, reface head, refaced valves and seats. Dr Mark linished rocker shaft and refaced rockers.
when all this came back, it was re-assembely time. First up a quick re-measure of everything(all OK). Then wash and clean the block, then do it again. Then it gets some protective lube! While this was happening I disassembled the valve train and gave the head a wetblast, then a cleanout and then a reclean.
Dr Mark prepares to assemble. Only had to adjust the thrust surface on the main bearings for correct thrust of the crank.




followers in


Dr Mark uses just the right amount of lube on this hole.


lubed camshaft