It has been a while since the last post but here we go again

Hello again blogees, it has been about 5 weeks since I had chance to devote time to blogging and work on the scooter generally. (Busy damp proofing our house, helped by Queen of the Kangos, my one and only wife, Sheena).

Enough of all that, here are the side panels ready to go to Yiannis the blaster with whom I have managed to make contact again. It turns out my house is a black spot for mobile reception so when he calls me it goes to "phone not available"

He sat in the village for 15 minutes trying to contact me and collect the bits last week.

The blue panels came with the scooter, I added the scratches, see earlier post.

As far as I know, they are the LI style as opposed to the SX, but I read somewhere that the Innocenti factory would sometimes release new scooters with whatever panels they had enough of at the time. As Wikipedia would say, some validation needed on that.

The new SX style panels are in grey primer, although I will have them blasted anyway as they are a bit scruffy. These I bought from a guy called Roger in Hitchin.

His name is Roger, not Roger in Hitchin, that sounded a bit medieval when I read it over.

Moving on, he tells me he made his own stamping mould and presses them himself. Not cheap at 100 quid each but what can you do. I couldn't find them anywhere else.

It was pure luck that I found Roger while I was on holiday in Stevenage, as Hitchin is only about six miles away.

The new panels fit extremely well with only minimal adjustment needed so there you go, it was worth it.

 

These are the parts going off to Yiannis (spare wheel rims missing from photo but they're going as well)

 

38 pieces altogether. I hope to get 38 back :-)

 

The plan is to soda blast the engine (baking soda that is) as this is the most gentle form, suitable for delicate old bits particularly aluminium.

 

The rest will be plastic bead blasted.

 

At long last, the car is loaded with the Lammy and off to Yiannis (Friday 24 May)

All being well I should get it back this week and crack on with the etch priming.