Sunburst Finish

[Storkfoot]

Well, having ridden several thousand (non-Lambretta) miles over the Summer, I'm now on the way back to having a Lambretta back on the road. This was it at the start of the year:

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The frame has been straightened in Lancashire, blasted in Clwyd, Painted in Cheshire. Now it's back home



Please await developments

[coaster]

Sunburst? not thinking of having painted like a Fender Strat are you Come o, get that bubble wrap off

[Dazts1]

Dangling the carrot there Paul.

Come on.

[Storkfoot]

You may have rumbled me There's a link between the paint colour, a old custom scooter with extended chrome forks, and Bill Nelson

Have you ever seem those auto press sneak preview photos of new cars? You now, the ones where the manufacturers mask the true shape of the car

[coaster]

You trying to say there's a GTS hiding under there

[Storkfoot]

You may have rumbled me There's a link between the paint colour, a old custom scooter with extended chrome forks, and Bill Nelson

I wouldn't waste all that bubble wrap on a GTS, mate. The clue to the name of the thread is the above paragraph only.

[coaster]

Be Bop Deluxe ? That's got me intrigued, can't say I have listened to them very mutch....Utube session needed

[Storkfoot]

Yep. Colour of scoot is Ford Sunburst Red which is the colour Taffspeed used alongside the buttercup yellow on some of their race bikes. I have always liked the cover of the Be Bop Deluxe album of the same name. Lastly, there was a custom lammy back in the 80s which was based on the album cover. I have a picture of it somewhere in an old Scooter Scene. It was a cracking paint job.

[Toddy]

Teaser

[Dazts1]

Comon Paul.
I think I have an idea but I wanna see , been waiting for this all year.

[Storkfoot]

Daz, don't get too excited. I'm not one for lashing loads of hard earned on a really fancy paint job. Nice but not fancy as I'd be too scared to ride the bloody thing

I need to rebuild forks, replace front disc hub bearings and get front disc repainted before I start rebuild

[lammytv200]

[lammytv200]

[Storkfoot]

That's it I think it had extended chrome forks at one time too. Yours?

[lammytv200]

Not mine. I took these when Karl Russell owned it.

[hullygully]

think his mate Keith had it Coxey......
it's still around tho' as I saw it getting on the I.O.W ferry some 7 or 8yrs ago

[lammytv200]

When Keith got it I think he had some side cans done for it Mike.

[hullygully]

I remember he rode across Ireland to Millstreet in '98 Euro on it whilst Karl was on his sky blue GP

[Storkfoot]

Here's a couple to show this Ford colour:

[Toddy]

Nice Paul and about time