This past Memorial Day was spent out in the Moreno Valley, just east of Riverside. I was out there to look at and complete a deal for this 1958 Triumph TR6 Desert Racer. Been wanting another of these since letting the last one go.
Set up in typical Desert Sled fashion with all street gear long removed, side stand chopped off to allow for the huge bash plate underneath to protect the Crank Cases from anything the Southern California Deserts could throw in it's the way.
Lucas K2FC Competition Magneto provides the Spark, a rewound armature and it'll be good to go.
Bates Racing Saddle, they must of sold tons of these back in the day....
I have already decided that I would like to restore this Sled to look as it did back in the day when it was about to do battle in the desert for the 1st time. The results on the 1957 Bike (http://tonupclassics.blogspot.com/2012/05/1957-triumph-t110-desert-sled-update.html) were very pleasing and think this will also look the business. Stay posted.....
Loved what you did with the last one, looking forward to seeing this one done. I just picked up a '57 T110 that will end up pretty similar to your last one. not many here in NZ.
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ReplyDeleteCredit also for the previous T110 resto'; that is a peach, must be hard to let them go sometimes.
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How do you keep finding them? Look forward to seeing how you go.
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