threatening to scrap a vehicle in an ad unless someone buys it is emotional blackmail.. they know they can trigger your sympathies for nostalgic things.. back in the 70s there was a used car salesman somewhere in western United States problem the California, the Johnny Carson was reading the ad on his night time show because they were so funny.. he would put an ad in the paper, saying, bring your leash and flea collar, and come and get this dog, referring to a car.. I myself wanted to sell my sons 10 year old Ford ranger pick up truck for him. I advertised it in the local sites by telling the truth. At the time my son was working construction, and the construction sites in the late winter early spring are always muddy… so rather than just point out the nice things about it like it I did have a brand, new clutch and master cylinder and slave cylinder, which I did mention. But I advertised it as looking like a pig lived in it… I had three people that wanted it right now, and the first one showed up within two hours of the ad coming out and he bought it. He was a farmer, he said it won’t even leave the farm very many times. He just needs it for chores and he didn’t care about the mud. I myself drove from Pittsburgh, PA USA to very near Niagara Falls New York to look at a trials bike that the guy said was ready to go. I drove in my non-air-conditioned Ford van with my two young son is with me on a 90° day. When I got there, the rear wheel, not only had spokes missing, I could pull the chain practically off of the sprocket., The fork seals were blown, the wheel bearings in the rear wheel allow the wheel to shift side to side about 20 mm.. if I did not have my two young sons with me, I wanted to punch the guy after that 250 mile drive in that heat
I remember going to local scrap yard and seeing 5-6 BSA A65 bottom end cases sold for weight. Most chipped up but the occasional good set for 45cdn way more than scrap.
G'day Paul, it's amazing that the conrod is not warn out, and the other parts are in such good condition, make the job just a bit easier, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.
G'day Paul, good advice, todays World in every area where money is concerned scammer are like maggots feasting on a corps they will do anything for more, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.
I thought you were going go to say that old bsa motor was scrap..... I was going to say make a planter out of it.. 😉 😅 Best wishes, and thanks for posting.
When I picked up the ‘66 Honda S90 I’m restoring a friend asked what I was going to do with a rusted basket case such as that…I said restore it…he said “I guess anything can be restored with enough money”…I said “it’s not money…it’s love and keeping alive a little bit of history in my world…”
Yup, no one ever expects to get back what they put in to ANY restoration or customizing. It's not about making money, it's about the personal panacea of satisfaction, "love", and respect of artistic engineering. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lfNqQ-NhYwo.html
Thanks for the tip, Paul. I have a couple of bikes in the garage that I just can’t get round to sorting. They will have to go for scrap soon! lol,another great rant.
Those oil within the crankcase engines were designed by a distinguished engineer called Harold Briggs. He was a Daimler man brought across to BSA in 1926 to do the job. By 1937 BSA went back to the remote oil tank designs.
G'day Paul, l can see the amount of free play when you turned it over and your right it will need pulling apart too find why, looking forward to the next video, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.
