A visitor

Today I had a visit from a fellow T110 builder from Klerksdorp in South Africa.
I was put in contact with Kelly through his son in Canada who stumbled upon this blog.
It was good to exchange info and compare parts, brackets and mounting points. It is amazing how the parts on these old triumphs are so interchangeable and how over the years you are not always to sure what you are left with is still original.
It was also encouraging to find out Kelly has traced down two other T110s in South Africa which are restored, and he is planning on paying them a visit sometime.
Keep us posted Kelly.
Good meeting you.
:-)

Panel repair kit

Managed to pick up an inexpensive panel repair kit for assisting to remove the dents and dings on the body work. Will see how it goes.

Panel beating and the TIG

After priming the mudguards etc. the next step is to fill in some unwanted holes, and cracks which had become evident after the sand blasting. Roger arranged for us to visit a friend with a TIG welder (Thanks Russell). Was an interesting learning curve, but success was achieved with only minor "sunburn" :-).

Figuring out this TIG thing

The front mudguards had quite big gaps in them on either side, not sure if it was purely from wear or if a modification had been done at some time in its past. Anyway the gaps needed filling. Cut some small mild steel filler pieces. Welded them in and then ground them down.

The Gap

Filler Piece

Welded and cleaned up slightly

Also had a lesson on how to start work out some of the many dings and dents in the mudguards - clearly they have had a colourful and adventurous life up until now. Here is a picture of a small part of the front mudguard.

Imperial world

So was thrilled to get a set of imperial spanners for my birthday last month - quite an exciting event in the land of METRIC :-)
So far been struggling with a few odd spanners from my dads garage.

Primer coat

After getting the tins back they needed to be primed asap otherwise rust will start.
It is now very evident where the body work needs attention.

Sand blasted tins

Got a call this morning to collect the sand blasted tins. They cleaned up very nicely can see all the dings, and found a cracked bracket on the oil tank.

Tins ready for blasting

Got the tins ready to go to sand blasting. Removed the unnecessary bolts and brackets. Plugged the threaded holes with dowels. Handed them in this morning, will see how it turns out.