thebes Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I'm restoring my 1962 Triumph 350cc motorcycle. Needed a piston barrel because mine would have to be re-sleeved. So I find one with still plenty of life to it on ebay in merry old England. It arrives this week packed in an ancient rusty metal container. The security of the barrel is shored up with sawed up pieces of a wooden bannister and what looks to some ancient wood flooring. Scatter throughout are some very oily pieces of what looks to be paraffin paper. It worked. Everything was fine. I may be wrong, but I'd like to think that that ancient metal box was an ammunition box from the Battle of Britain. it's certainly at least that old. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Hey, it did its job. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiva Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I feel like I need a tetanus shot, just looking at it.😀 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 5 hours ago, thebes said: I'd like to think that that ancient metal box was an ammunition box from the Battle of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 https://www.obsoletebikeparts.com/c-1475716/twins-engine-parts/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted July 11, 2020 Moderators Share Posted July 11, 2020 Very strange, shipping the box may have cost more than the parts. Sleeves look good, plenty meat left on them, you got lucky. . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 https://www.classicbritishspares.com/collections/vintage-triumph-parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 19 hours ago, thebes said: I'm restoring my 1962 Triumph 350cc motorcycle. Needed a piston barrel because mine would have to be re-sleeved. So I find one with still plenty of life to it on ebay in merry old England. It arrives this week packed in an ancient rusty metal container. The security of the barrel is shored up with sawed up pieces of a wooden bannister and what looks to some ancient wood flooring. Scatter throughout are some very oily pieces of what looks to be paraffin paper. It worked. Everything was fine. I may be wrong, but I'd like to think that that ancient metal box was an ammunition box from the Battle of Britain. it's certainly at least that old. the fit well in the history of the time , the box is a bonus- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 the box is prolly worth something to the right person. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 On 7/11/2020 at 1:52 PM, grasshopper said: the box is prolly worth something to the right person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Very doubtful lads. It's not quite a ammo box. I'm thinking it was an industrial container. Probably full of nuts and blots shipped originally from some factory. It's severely rusty. Believe me the Brits never throw anything away. If it was worth anything the guy I bought the barrel from would have surely made a buck, or in this case, a pound off of it. Still I may get the worst of the rust off, fix the hole in the bottom, and maybe spray paint it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Oh, he used an American invention to keep it intact while it traveled across the pond. Yup. Duct tape. Lots and lots of duck tape. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 May have been the original Pandora Dreambox... priceless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 On 7/11/2020 at 4:04 PM, thebes said: blots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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