Monday, 26 October 2015

Sandblasted and Painted some Engine and Gearbox Parts

Hi There!

We had friends staying over for the weekend and I could only spend a bit of time working on the old Harley (she is more than 74 years old).  Maybe I should call her the Old Lady?  ;-)

Anyway.  I managed to sandblast some of the small engine and gearbox parts that was painted to match the motorcycle's colour scheme - in the case of the UDF it was desert Khaki.


In the photograph are the following (from left to right):
  • The front stand (had to get a second coat);
  • The gearbox cover;
  • The front top horn mounting bracket;
  • The generator cover;
  • And then the gearbox sprocket cover.

The parts were still very wet, which is why they look glossy.  When dry, the colour will be a matt desert khaki colour.  Remember that these motorcycles spent most of their military service in North Africa.  And I have just posted the first part of a three part series on the military history of the Harley-Davidson's in the North Africa Campaign.


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