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Holding my breath with excitement! Hope they read our musings on here...

I don't usually buy OBA, but I did buy the last issue when someone pointed me to an article about a particular Australian-made bike. Alternative reality is everywhere these days.

Leon

Just a brief status report.

The sludge trap has been soaking in white spirit for a couple of weeks.



And, with some gentle encouragement....


All the little discs seem to be more or less sludge free and loose enough to rattle, just about.

So, its  all, i think, ready for reassembly once i get back from Latin America.

... and deliver it to Melbourne for a cup of tea...

Mmm... a lot of bikes passed in (including the Wolf), some sold for much less than restoration cost ($2700 would have to be cheap for the "1936" Acme), and a couple of decent prices (who wouldn't be happy to get $19,000 for a late 1920s sv BSA?). We live in interesting times.

Make an offer for the Wolf, and I'll collect it for you. Then pass the restoration projects on.

Too hot in the shed this afternoon - it's crept up to 35C even though it's cloudy. Summer still with us.

Cheers

Leon

Yes, that Elliot is pure Wolf Vixen but the advert isn’t clear enough to ascertain which forks.

I’d like to get the Wolf but I’ve too many unfinished projects sitting around already. I really don’t need the distraction of another bike, tempting though it may be.

As for dating that Acme as 1936, some owners just seem to have wild fantasies about what they have regardless of reality. They just don’t want to know.