thought i'd do an update on the vw bike , havent done for few year's , i ended up purchasing the ex Thornley bros bike , purely by accident , mate of mine found it ,in sad condition ,but hey, with all good intensions of restoring it , but had second thoughts about it and offered it to me , as he knew i built an raced one many yr's ago , this one (one of many Thornley Bros campained ) was built in 1980 last raced 1985 , 2 ltr supercharged , crowerglide ,2speed Lenco, all there ,just blower an manifolds missing (no idea what happed to them ), will be used for Nostalgia meets an car bike show display
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Rick Thornley riding
Oh wow. How cool is that. I hope you can also race it at some of the VW drag meets
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yes thats the plan Jeff ,....... and thanks whoever sorted those posts out
Pete
I remember Ric hes used to live or his girlfriend lived on King Georges Road at Roselands
His mate lived in my street so thats how i got to meet and talk with him never saw the bike run
Its great you can restore it and hopefully have a run
Where is Ric nowdays
Great project!
Hi Dave ,Rick is in Tasmania now , he was on Gold Coast for while , Jim is still in Sydney
Great bit of history. Rick used to work on the local council and we would talk about the good old days
Yes Steve pretty much why i bought it , such a great piece of history, as i said blower and manifolds were sold separately , they cant remember who, other than he was a hillclimb guy , i presume vw , i was lucky enough to purchase a marshall blower(identical ) an S.U's off good freind Jeff Unwin, its a long shot but , but if any body knows the where abouts or who purchased blower an manifolds yr's ago , it 'd be a lot easier than remaking it all....... just manifolds , never know whats lying around still , as this bike was........ photo credits to Jim Thornley
Pete
Are you going to be the pilot when its up n running
yes i am Dave ......... i think i still got it in me
Car YES
Bike NO
your sack must be bigger than mine hahahaha
where did you get the bike from of Ric and his Brother or has it been in a few different hands over the years
what happened to your Bike
, Jim and Rick sold the bike less blower about a year after Castlereagh closed , to a guy at Liverpool ,where it sat for 35yr's
was going to fit a Harley mota ,a mate hunted it down on a rumour where an who had ,bout a year ago , and bought it , i bought it from him after
changing his mind about yr ago
........ my bike in 77 i dismantled it , frame went to tip , Fuel injection went to Henry Spicak, engine sold to Vw guy at Crow's Nest (dont have
many pics of the old thing
few steps closer
still lot to do ...
Looks good
Thanks Jeff
what size rear tyre are you running?
Hows the project going
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not whole lot progress , been bit too cold and few other projects got get done , i havent learnt to say no to people yet ,.one day....... tried to up load some pics ,but wont load
send to my email n will upload
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