This required three bits of engineering firstly make an axle out of 304 stainless with spacers nuts and washers to bring the wheel centre in the forks. The wide girder forks are designed to take the QD hubs of which I cannot find anywhere so I decided to fit a later model hub to the front end. I was convinced to try using a two pac paint on the frame and forks as I am told it has a better resistance to fuel spillage ,I suppose I'll find out later ,in the past I have used enamel bought by the litre at the paint shop, pressure pac enamel, high temp pressure pac and acrylic so I have a bit of a mix certainly don't use the enamel pressure pacs they wash off with petrol. So I will now refer to this restoration as a model 18 ,I posted a few pics when the frame and forks were in primer so as you can see I have moved forward a bit. I know of a civilian open diamond frame with a 500 T motor fitted to it ,but there are differences between the two frames. The model 19 project has now become a model 18 ,mainly because of two factors, firstly it seems to be very difficult to flush out parts for these 596 cc motors and secondly I have found out that the motor will be too tall for the WD open diamond frame, as a matter of fact it may well be a tight fit with the 490 cc motor. I might add that the cover in the pic is not the one I will use ,it is a 3 screw cover but has the tell tale as well, who knows if there was a model with ridged cover that had 3 screws ? The timing chest cover that I will use is actually a 1938 or 39 as it has no oil pressure tell tale and the timing cover has 3 screws and no oval ridge ,I think Norton ran tell tale and ridged cover with 2 screws until 1937 and then changed over.
Grease original soundtrack front andback cover serial number#
I recently rang another Norton man in Tassie looking for parts and realised that I had got from Steve the frame ,a brake drum ,crank pinion, rocker box, push rod tubes and gland nuts and some more bits I've forgotten forks from Canberra gearbox shell from Perth bottom end Sydney tank from up on the Murray, could think of this as a "interstate " The bottom end has been interesting to say the least, the cases I am using are stamped 1937 on the inside in small letters and on the outside are stamped 82 x 113 and the serial number on the other side ,they came with a steel crank and 7 1/2 " conrod, but I will be using a pair of cast iron wheels and 7 " rod from a 490 cc motor. From the back fitted up with 40 year old tyres to keep it off the ground, these will need to be replaced before the red plates go on, not painted as yet the rear guard and stays have been fitted up and removed for paint the seat is another treasure from last years Ballarat swap its a middle size frame and came with a grey vinyl cover in rather good nick I'll dye it black and have a look at it then.
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