White House K10 - a story of regeneration

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Here's an interesting one - the left side panel.

I thought the fit of this panel was a little odd when I first removed it, but only when re-fitting did I realise why that was. As you look at the panel there are screwed on brackets top left and bottom centre. Top right is a hook which is welded on, top left is a peg and bottom is a screw through a hole. With the hook as a reference point, the peg orientates the side panel so the top is level and the sides line up with the frame tubes. All good so far.

The fit problem I found was caused by poor alignment of the bottom bracket to the threaded hole on the frame. Quick fix? New bracket. I marked up the old one with masking tape to mark out, then used a scrap piece of steel angle bracket (actually an old household radiator support) to form a new one (hacksaw.. file... drill... tapped holes... debur) then offer it up. Holes lined up, Paint and job done? Well, it would be if this was an ordinary build.

But to me it didn't look right because whilst the angle of the front of the bracket follows the line of the frame, the one at the rear doesn't.

So I made another.

The second one is now in paint.