1985 Lew Ways [of Cannock] Stinger Aero - RESTO NOW FINISHED

[Jaymz]

OPC and pedals arrived today just waiting on chain, and red gumwalls now

mags out of the bleach, 100% better than they were but still not minty white, oh well





on this pic you can see in the wheel rim how yellow it is, it was like that all over pre bleach

[markyp]

wow,thats alot of work on a woolys bike,shame it aint a jmc or something like that ,that way you'd see a hefty return on your resto,all good tho all the same

[dordymush]

to be honest i'd sooner see this being restored than a jmc as it was something most of us would have had or see about.i never knew anybody with a jmc back in them days unless it was at a big meet.
mean nowt to me unlike the ole cheapy bikes we had to make do with 

[Jaymz]

to be honest i'd sooner see this being restored than a jmc as it was something most of us would have had or see about.i never knew anybody with a jmc back in them days unless it was at a big meet.
mean nowt to me unlike the ole cheapy bikes we had to make do with 

thats my point to this resto entirely, we all wanted the cool bikes but never had them [well some did]

[Jaymz]

sorry for the shocking pics, these are off my phone

[fischflo]

very nice indeed, Jayymzz 

i'd keep the old decals anyway--for reference. Future generations might want to know about the granular way of filling the letters etc 

[Jaymz]

oh i will, bit anal like that!! Im hassling my printer to get the decals done as it looks so naked without them, and once they are done i can put an end to the build

[Jaymz]

The end of the road has come, job done, just the decals left, which i know i'm in for a hefty wait as my mate has just landed a huge contract and thats his life gone till xmas!!

and finally with red chain

enjoy

from this:


to this







and here i am enjoying the fruits of my labour [dont let 8yr olds take photos

[sid1972]

Cracking that mate - nice old skool bike.. 

[bobafett]

Nicely done mate - some effort gone into that - sympathetic and faithful to how it was originally too - nice one 

[Jaymz]

and finally the seat. cheers stevied, it really is the icing on the cake for me

[stevied]

 
looks good mate