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I sure like hearing from Carlo and what is going on across the pond in Italia. It makes me believe that Palazzago, Italia has got to be one very interesting place to live. Good luck on the road opening and glad no one was hurt.

Still working on frame rehabilitation I had to make small welds in several places and then had to repair dings and dents to frame. I intend to undercoat the area of the frame that is most likely to rust. I also intend to do the floorboard in black bed liner to cut down on continual touch-up of...

Thanks "Another Ahab", the worse part is I passed up a once every 100 year opportunity to buy the complete sidecar at a recent auction. (These sidecars are rarely seen at auctions or found for sale anymore). The top lid was missing and it needed to be re-painted...I passed it up because I only...

Used humpty dumpty sidecar frame Well, the pic's tell the story. First you see the original used side car frame ready to work on. There are two major twist bends in the frame that you may or may not see in the picture but they are bad and will not allow the box sidecar to be mounted flat on the...

Whether one does frame-off, outside only, just to keep it running, or whatever...It is ALL GOOD. Every bit of interest is what will save these old steel beasts and thier little iron friends. I am sure every persons rig is as glorius to them as it would be for a museum quality restorer. It is...

Main Frame work The main frame had several small holes that needed to be welded shut. Also some other welding repairs. There were also some dings and dents to take out and of course the removal of the rust and paint from the middle of the frame that I could not get into the dip tank.

Rear suspension swing arm (continued) Had a little trouble centering the wheel on the suspension swing arm. Bought new bolts, washers, and lock washers for the suspension springs.

Rear suspension swing arm work. I disassembled the zerk fitting hardware and cleaned it all up. The grease was hardened behind the zerk fittings and had to be cleaned up and regreased.

Forks, Frame, and rear suspension swing arm work Installed the throttle tube and removable pin onto the handle bar. I needed to take the headlight apart and paint it. Then reassemble it. Also painted and mounted the head light bracket and headlight mounting rod onto the fork

I ended up buying a concentrate that mixes with water and is 100% non toxic. I can put my hands and arms in the mixture with no harm to me. When the concentrate is all used up you can pour it down the drain as it is environmentally neutral without any chemicals or harmful ingredients. I...

Main Frame restore continued I had to use a different size rust dip tanks (plastic storage containers) to get to the different areas of the oddly shaped frame. I ended up still having to remove paint and rust from a small portion of the middle of the frame by hand. Which I am now doing.

Main frame restoration The frame needs some detail work to get back to original condition. Little dings and hard to reach areas that have some rust. Also, the exhaust hole was damaged by someone trying to enlarge the hole for one reason or another. The Fork King Pin Bushings are also going...

Fork restoration continued. Currently working on the frame and rear suspension of the frame. Also the brake pedal and brake pedal rod. Each picture has a description.

More work on Front Fork Pictures have description. Throttle tube limiting pin was tack welded in side of handle bar end.. Going to make a removable pin so the throttle tube can be removed and easily lubricated as needed. Forks required some straightening of the handle bars, forks, and fork ends.

Start of Fork restoration. Explanations are on the bottom of the pictures. Next: Will be de-rusting and removing paint from forks

Foot kick stand done Kick stand now ready to mount to frame when it is ready.

Rear wheel assembly finished Description is on each picture. Starting on front forks.

I was also surprised by the lining placement. Later models have the lining riveted on the brake shoes rather than riveted inside the drum. Also, many early models only had the rear brake to stop with and had no brakes for the front wheel assembly.

Rear hub sprocket brake axle wheel work (continued) More of the same operation. Only have the tires and wheel assembly to the hub sprocket left to do for this operation.

Rear hub sprocket brake axle wheel work (continued) More of the same operation