An Introduction ...
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 12:32 am
Hello all, this is my first post.
My name is Jim Bowman. I live in Tacoma Washington, just 40 miles south of the lesser city of Starbucks, er ... I mean Seattle.
I have retired from the workforce, in which I once connected computers together via wires and radio. I worked for our 911 (999) system. Very rewarding work but after 4 years of not doing it I returned for a visit and realized that I didn't understand a thing they were talking about. The Cloud? Social Media Access??
Upon retiring I filled my time, and my garage, with Jeeps and a truck. 45 Ford jeep, 47 Willy's jeep, 59 Chevrolet truck. Great fun was had by all. Until the grand child was born. We moved to Tacoma to be close to the little guy, and in doing so I lost my huge garage. I sold the vehicles off , and started looking for smaller motors to twiddle. My wife said a resounding "NO!" to my suggestion that a motorcycle would be fun.
So, I turned to wood. I bought plans for an 11 foot pram, and while waiting for them to arrive I noodled around Craigslist and found a picture of a British Seagull. I can't afford a TR3, and LR Defenders are selling here for $30 - $40K, so this was the only piece of British internal combustion I could get my hands on.
I snapped it up.
So now, all I have to do is build a boat, and restore a motor.
My first question to you, the forumites: The tank is brass, with most of the paint missing. Should I clean and polish the brass, or should I repaint it black?
Brass sure is pretty.
Thanks all!
My name is Jim Bowman. I live in Tacoma Washington, just 40 miles south of the lesser city of Starbucks, er ... I mean Seattle.
I have retired from the workforce, in which I once connected computers together via wires and radio. I worked for our 911 (999) system. Very rewarding work but after 4 years of not doing it I returned for a visit and realized that I didn't understand a thing they were talking about. The Cloud? Social Media Access??
Upon retiring I filled my time, and my garage, with Jeeps and a truck. 45 Ford jeep, 47 Willy's jeep, 59 Chevrolet truck. Great fun was had by all. Until the grand child was born. We moved to Tacoma to be close to the little guy, and in doing so I lost my huge garage. I sold the vehicles off , and started looking for smaller motors to twiddle. My wife said a resounding "NO!" to my suggestion that a motorcycle would be fun.
So, I turned to wood. I bought plans for an 11 foot pram, and while waiting for them to arrive I noodled around Craigslist and found a picture of a British Seagull. I can't afford a TR3, and LR Defenders are selling here for $30 - $40K, so this was the only piece of British internal combustion I could get my hands on.
I snapped it up.
So now, all I have to do is build a boat, and restore a motor.
My first question to you, the forumites: The tank is brass, with most of the paint missing. Should I clean and polish the brass, or should I repaint it black?
Brass sure is pretty.
Thanks all!