Thursday, December 3, 2015

Parts for the Road King bicycle I'm "fixing up"...



Some better pictures of the Brooks Leather Seat added...



Bought these white pedals at the Long Beach swap meet.  These are reproductions of the type that came with the bike.  (1/2 inch threads...).  One of the pedals that came on the bike is damaged and the other one is mostly missing!  So these reproductions will do...
The leather seat is a new Brooks saddle (made in England to this day...)  The seat post between the pedals is what came with the bike.  It has a narrow shaft where the post meets the seat.  I need the right seat to seat-post mating adapter...  Don't know if it exists...

A Poor picture of the Road King in the garage (sandwiched between other bikes...).  I put the Brooks leather handle bar bag on it. This is a beautiful new bag.  (I've had this bag for several years...  waiting to be used on the right bike...).
Took a picture of a very similar bike  (appears to be the same chrome frame and springer front fork...) at the Long Beach Swap Meet just this weekend!  Other than the frame & front fork, the details on everything else will be different from mine...

Manhattan Beach Pier -- November 27, 2015 (Friday)

The guy with the surfboard looks like he went without a wetsuit...  For me, the water is cold in the summer, let alone now...




Thursday, November 26, 2015

Annual MG Swap Meet (very small...) in Irvine -- November 22, 2015 (Sunday)

Aftermarket Steering Wheel;  supposedly fits 62 - 67 MGB...  Have not seen this style before, with the larger center hub area.  The Hub that mates to the steering column shaft is riveted to the wheel.  Based on what little I have found in a quick search, this appears to be a 60's product of the UK...  It appears to be very well made.  The wood encapsulates the alloy wheel structure.  A very faint glue line between the two pieces of the half circles can be seen...



MGA Steering Wheel.  A little rough (faded and some cracks in the plastic) but is good for a display piece...  Could be refurbished relatively easily to presentable level...


Not a huge fan of the 3000 MkII (much prefer the 100...) but the nose badge is very nicely made.  Bought this from the same guy I bought the Lancia Dash assembly from last year...


MG TC Radiator Badge (Cloisonne)



British Road Tax Disc.  End of an era.  After 93 years of the rule, starting today (11/23/ 2015), in the UK, no longer have to display the tax disc in the windshield...

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Culver City Tool Swap Meet at Andersen Plywood -- November 21, 2015 (Saturday)

One of the best Matchbox cars ever...  The wire wheels were cast with very small windows so that you can see through the "wire spokes."  The whole car is about two inches long...

This is a very small wrench... (about 3 inches long)
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks...  Radiator Badge.  Very nicely made...

Bought this wet stone to sharpen some scissors (can't use the electric knife sharpener for scissors...)  Very interesting aluminum cast holder...


1950 Ford Sedan Interior Door Panel Emblems...  The "shoebox" 
Ford doesn't look anything like the stylized futuristic car in these emblems...