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Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:05 am
by Brads
1964 Lambretta TV 200 (GT) one of only a handfull of UK reg ones,
Found in a barn near Aberdeen and promptly bought by me for a price that shocked the seller and seriously pleased me.
Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:20 am
by BIG DON
Kenboxertwin wrote:Two years age while in Normandy I found this in the barn at a farmhouse Gite complex near Trun. I bought it last week when we stopped off on the way to Saumur.
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Its an ex army Armstrong MT500 1987 put in the barn in 2001, it started 10th kick with a flat battery and stale fuel.
Hope to get it back to UK next month to start playing IF I can kickstart it :woohoo:
SO what have you found ????
B)
Started after the 10th kick must be in good fettle then :laugh:
They either started after a few kicks or you were down to your underpants with sweat
our RAF regiment had some there was a good carb conversion by fitting a Dell-orto which helped starting.
BIG D
Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:03 pm
by Blueoffroader400
BIG DON wrote:Kenboxertwin wrote:Two years age while in Normandy I found this in the barn at a farmhouse Gite complex near Trun. I bought it last week when we stopped off on the way to Saumur.
2012-06-0515.39.44.jpg
2012-06-0515.39.55.jpg
Its an ex army Armstrong MT500 1987 put in the barn in 2001, it started 10th kick with a flat battery and stale fuel.
Hope to get it back to UK next month to start playing IF I can kickstart it :woohoo:
B)
Started after the 10th kick must be in good fettle then :laugh:
They either started after a few kicks or you were down to your underpants with sweat
our RAF regiment had some there was a good carb conversion by fitting a Dell-orto which helped starting.
BIG D
:blink: Passed my test on one of these in Germany, :woohoo: The joys sometimes tryin to start!!! :S
SO what have you found ????
Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:38 pm
by Mark1961
Went a ride out in the country the other day and found this one.
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What a lovely barn it is to...... :laugh: :laugh:
Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:28 pm
by johnnym
Brads wrote:1964 Lambretta TV 200 (GT) one of only a handfull of UK reg ones,
Found in a barn near Aberdeen and promptly bought by me for a price that shocked the seller and seriously pleased me.
ahhhhh.... THE holy grail of the scooterist scene!!
jammy git!!!!!!!!!!
good to see a fellow scooterist...
Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:36 am
by JiMcI
Can u pick my lottery numbers this week u have been touched by devine luck !!!!
Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:18 am
by ajwright64
1966 Honda CB450...proverbial barn find by my nephew in Litchville, North Dakota, USA
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Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:06 am
by Brads
johnnym wrote:Brads wrote:1964 Lambretta TV 200 (GT) one of only a handfull of UK reg ones,
Found in a barn near Aberdeen and promptly bought by me for a price that shocked the seller and seriously pleased me.
ahhhhh.... THE holy grail of the scooterist scene!!
jammy git!!!!!!!!!!
good to see a fellow scooterist...
Yup, the only thing was that just after I got it, I had a call, offering me a 1959 TV175 ridgeback. A stunner covered in correct chrome stuff. This was a scoot I had been after for a while as well so the TV 200 sat in my porch for 3 yrs untouched, then I sold it. Once I had the series 2 I was sorted so was happy enough to let the series 3 go.
Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:02 am
by johnnym
I don't suppose you have an inboard disc brake kicking about you may want rid of???