New
Year: New Display
I
have done little on the blog in January but it just means I have not
got around to writing it. I have been to the Wey Valley Advanced Club
Observed Sundays in January and February. These are held on the first
Sunday of the month and February was well attended. So enthusiastic
are the members it was difficult at times to have a conversation. Out
on the Buell for the last meeting and had to wash it after as the
roads have been so mucky. Just after Christmas I managed to persuade
Gita to help me make some car covers for the kit cars, the El Cid and
the Burton from a caravan cover I bought on e-bay last November. It
was for a 19ft van and there is a bit of material left over. I used a
caravan cover because I was just not able to find a supplier for the
material. All the covers seem to be made in China so the only option
was to buy a cheap one and make my own. This was a challenge trying
to make the curved stitching fit a straight edge and fighting with
the 360 degree elastic edging just adds to the fun. It is not easy to
pin things together that are trying to fly apart. Needless to say we
managed it and two covers are almost finished.
In
January I paid some visits to the London Motorcycle Museum to help
facilitate relocating some motorcycles to Whitewebbs Museum in
Enfield and dismantle some racking to be used in the bicycle display.
I also loaded up the LE Club LE on my trailer and took it to it’s new home in Enfield subsequent to that it was wrestled into place on the first floor to it’s display location. I say wrestled because it took five of us to get it up the stairs, pulling, pushing, lifting and towing, with two on ropes up the front. LE’s are not particularly heavy, just awkward. We did the same with the Mark two cutaway. The engine and transmission cut away on a convenient board went up in the lift, albeit on end. Last lift of the day was getting a 1916 Douglas upstairs too. This was a bit lighter and only needed four people. By the time we had done this it was enough for the day and time for a rest. No hernias but none of us are as young as we were and there will be aches and pains to remind us of our efforts. We only have another six bikes to go up the stairs!
I also loaded up the LE Club LE on my trailer and took it to it’s new home in Enfield subsequent to that it was wrestled into place on the first floor to it’s display location. I say wrestled because it took five of us to get it up the stairs, pulling, pushing, lifting and towing, with two on ropes up the front. LE’s are not particularly heavy, just awkward. We did the same with the Mark two cutaway. The engine and transmission cut away on a convenient board went up in the lift, albeit on end. Last lift of the day was getting a 1916 Douglas upstairs too. This was a bit lighter and only needed four people. By the time we had done this it was enough for the day and time for a rest. No hernias but none of us are as young as we were and there will be aches and pains to remind us of our efforts. We only have another six bikes to go up the stairs!
One very happy Chris.
Before all the huffing and puffing space needed to be made in the display area. A concerted effort cleared most of the bikes out the way before moving the displayed petrol pumps and this allowed us to get all the Rex Judd collection in one area.
The new Rex Judd display.
This made room for us to move a Royal Enfield into the central display and created space to move all the Ariels into another area. All will be revealed when we have moved all the bikes and set them up where we think they should be. This all should give our visitors a better display and improve the angles for photography. Museums are an information source so being able to get close and personal helps those trying to rebuild and restore some treasured old friends. More pictures when all the moves are done.
Before all the huffing and puffing space needed to be made in the display area. A concerted effort cleared most of the bikes out the way before moving the displayed petrol pumps and this allowed us to get all the Rex Judd collection in one area.
The new Rex Judd display.
This made room for us to move a Royal Enfield into the central display and created space to move all the Ariels into another area. All will be revealed when we have moved all the bikes and set them up where we think they should be. This all should give our visitors a better display and improve the angles for photography. Museums are an information source so being able to get close and personal helps those trying to rebuild and restore some treasured old friends. More pictures when all the moves are done.
Activity over writing.
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