Rebuilding the Rocket
1971 BSA Rocket 3 Project How the Rocket came to wind up in our shed has been discussed in the post Egli-trident-project-part-1 but, to recap, in searching for a donor engine to put into my Egli Trident project, I happened upon a veritable Aladdin’s Cave of classic...
Rebuilding the Ariel
This is a retrospective look at a project that was started in 1989 and finished about 25 years later. The reasons for the extended rebuild, well two rebuilds actually, are recounted in the book simply titled “Rebuilding the Ariel” and available on this site in eBook...
The Motorshed Mustang Rebuild, part I.
As we begun to scratch the surface, it was evident all was not well beneath the shiny white exterior of our Mustang coupe. After the transmission and engine were removed from my Mustang I (quite mistakenly) figured I could tackle the rust and body work in my shed. ...
The Homebush Mustang Story
As many readers would know, Homebush is a suburb of Sydney and is not ordinarily associated with the iconic American sports car, but how the Homebush Mustang came into being is an extraordinary tale. When I started searching for a Mustang I was fairly sure I...
The Motor Shed Mustang Part II
The Motor Shed Mustang has been with us for about six years so updates for this project will look forward and back with equal measure. In the six years that we have owned the car it has spent a lot of time out of the shed, often by design as things are a bit cramped...
Red Dust Racers
Lake Perkolilli is calling and veteran car racers from all over Australia are stepping up to the challenge. Here we look at a project by Graeme Lockhart. Perkolilli is not exactly a household name and doesn’t quite roll off the tongue but, there was a time, over 100...
The Triton
Triton motorcycles were not factory models but were hybrid bikes built in the 1960s and 1970s. Many were privately constructed but some London dealers offered complete bike. The builders fitted Triumph engines into Norton frames, and the aim was to combine the best...
Egli Trident Project Part 1
From about the time my adolescent hormones started to make themselves felt, I began to hear tales about Vincent motorcycles. Then, as now, my preference was for an Egli Vincent, which is the creation of Swiss motorcycle racer Fritz Egli, who, upon finding he had...