After 11 years in my present house, I've begun unpacking those boxes that have been sitting in the basement ever since I took them out of my race trailer and stacked them up down there. Amazing what turns up. I remember the 3/4 full can of calcium carbide, that's for miner's lamps and especially carbide cannons, and the Rajay 302B turbocharger is the remnant of a highly successful experiment in creating a fearsome street sleeper out of a '74 Honda Civic, lol. Then there are boxes with loose parts and smaller boxes in them that I have no idea where or why I ever aquired them. I have no idea where I got a box about 1.5 times the size of a shoebox that had, among other treasures like nuts and bolts and complete footpeg assemblies for an unidentified motorcycle, a cellophane envelope from Barnett with a label card identifying the three friction discs it contained as fitting several different Bultaco off road bikes, including some Sherpa models (never owned a Bul), another little box with sealing tape unbroken that the label says contains a complete engine set of rings (.010 oversize) for a 1950-1952 Triumph Thunderbird 650cc twin with either factory stock or Hepolyte pistons, another open box that contains one cylinder set in .015 over rings for an unidentified Triumph motorcycle (owned Harleys, Nortons and BSAs and a Ducati, never a Triumph), 5 valves rattling around loose, two matched pairs and one that is bigger than the rest, a couple gears that look like they come from a 1950s era Triumph motorcycle transmission in the kickstarter area, and a couple of parts that I can't even begin to identify. And I found my first compression gauge, which I haven't used in over 30 years because I switched to a leakdown testor.
Lord only knows what next week has in store - Anyone need a set of 10 over rings for a '50-52 650cc Triumph thunderbird?
Lord only knows what next week has in store - Anyone need a set of 10 over rings for a '50-52 650cc Triumph thunderbird?