Aug 21

Back home from adventures.

I made it home. Put 3500km on the truck. Got some work done for some clients and dragged home more stuff.
1933 Raleigh is in the back of the tow beast.
Scooter on the motorcycle carrier.
Bins of parts for the Raleigh in the back seat, there's two of almost everything.
Found a good 28/29 Model A hood, a brand new AR multi-disc flywheel, a set of new A connecting rods, a '28 radiator that I forgot I had loaned to my friend and a pair of Guide headlights that will work for a hotrod.
Turns out that Tom Mellor, the Rolls-Royce guy I know rebuilt the engine and gearbox for the Raleigh so I don't have to worry about those.
I'm tired. Taking tomorrow off.

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· Aug 21

Shawn, I thought maybe the Raleigh was a motorcycle but looking in you bed I see a steering wheel. Is it one of these?

· Aug 21

I hope that is what it is!!! There is a Raleigh motorcycle too.

· Aug 21

It's a LDV.
Like their version of a Servi-Car.

https://share.google/S81noDuzFdEp2p1jU

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· Aug 21

Oh, ok. What is with the steering wheel?

· Aug 21

It's more car than motorcycle.
Brake pedal.
Throttle pedal.
Clutch pedal.
Hand shifter.
Steering wheel.

· Aug 21

Also, maybe I missed it but did you go all the way to the west coast and back? Explains why you were quiet lately.

· Aug 21

Yup. There and back. Stopped at the Reynolds Museum on the way out.

· Aug 21

I forgot. At my friend's party I got to hang out with Ross Shafer who started Salsa Cycles in California. He's a pretty cool guy, went from building bikes to building pedal steel guitars.

· Aug 21

Just a different form of artwork.

· Aug 21

Cool! Salsa bikes were always held in high regard back in the day. I remember having a couple Salsa components on my bikes.

· Aug 21

Please forgive me @ShawnG but the image that first entered my mind was this.

YouTube ↗

· Aug 21

Lol I would love a Piaggio Apè

· Aug 21

Peter Sellers was a comic genius!!!! I love how it ends up in the same swimming pool.

· Aug 21

That was a great movie!!!!

· Aug 21

Shawn, I love how you knew this off the top of you head. I did not.