White House K10 - a story of regeneration

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More of the same today.

Using my trusty (Warco -SIP) bench grinder I re-polished the chrome on the front mudguard, rubbed down the rusty inner face with 80 grade, degreased and then gave it a quick spray over with etch primer. I'll leave that a day to dry off and will shoot wheel silver inside after work tomorrow.

Only other job was cleaning and re-polishing the mudguard bracket ready for re-assembly which I can't do until I get the headlight ears and finial fit the forks.

I bought my Warco bench grinder in the late seventies or early eighties at a toy makers exhibition in London . I was never good in making toy models but the show had unbelievable models of cars , bikes, boats , trains and other things.

I used to race radio controlled model power boats, which to be honest were somewhat akin to a guided missile. With a lot of help and encouragement from my friend Brian I managed to win a British Championship, however that was nothing compared to my other mate Dave who went on to become multiple FSR World Champion. Brian was the one who gave me his dad's old lathe which I put to good use making my own engine components. All good fun, but gave it all up when I got into cars big time...