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KO 370-401 Emerges into the sun
ArtyP - November 29th, 2009 at 06:36 PM

After 10 years in my shed I have finally draged out my Buggy to begin working on it The photo posted on Oct 2 of 401 was the last photo I had it was taken about 18 years ago when it had been sand blasted and professionly painted about 4 years later one of my sons didn't like the colour because it was being used as a work runabout so he got a roller and painted it green The floor pan and all the running gear is off my original 370 which I brought new in sept 1968 the body 401 I purchased in the late 70s There will probably be a lot of questions I will be asking over the next couple of years ( this is not one of these TV shows where everything is done in 3 weeks) But the first thing I have to work out is what to do with the lousey job done on the flared guards they are handy when running bigger tyres. I was wondering if I should cut them off stengthen the back and get some rubber flares if I can get them or any other suggestions please.

I am trying to send Pics but don't know how???
Art

Joel - November 29th, 2009 at 06:44 PM

make sure they're smaller than 200kb i think it is

11CAB - November 29th, 2009 at 07:06 PM

Email them to me Art and I'll add them to the Gallery and post them up here for you.
Cheers
Graham

11CAB - November 29th, 2009 at 08:05 PM

Pics

http://www.manxgallery.org/gallery/albums/album717/DSCF0667.sized.jpg

http://www.manxgallery.org/gallery/albums/album717/DSCF0668.sized.jpg

http://www.manxgallery.org/gallery/albums/album717/DSCF0720.sized.jpg

http://www.manxgallery.org/gallery/albums/album717/DSCF0722.sized.jpg

http://www.manxgallery.org/gallery/albums/album717/DSCF0740.sized.jpg

ztnoo - November 29th, 2009 at 08:33 PM

Art,
Good to see another CB revealed to the world after all those years in hibernation.
Looks to be in good overall shape.
Those fender flares don't do much for me, but I'm sure they served a purpose at one time.
I wasn't sure if I was first looking at a boat storage rack at a marina or a real CB! :lol:

Keep up the good work and by all means keep us informed!

Thanks for the help with the pics, Graham.

Regards,
Steve

58camper - November 30th, 2009 at 06:56 AM

Art has a great story behind this CB as he used it for many years as his workhorse for a plumbing business. You can see the added racks and carrying capability he built into the vehicle. I think its great to see it out in the sun and am sure it will be back to life before he realises it.
Yep, agree ,those flares dont do alot for the vehicle and I think I would be removing them as one of the first activities.

bevoracing - November 30th, 2009 at 05:27 PM

Nice machine Art. There's some metal missing under those flares, you wouldn't get those tyres under there with the original metal. Nothing's impossible to fix. I see at least one genuine CB seat hanging on the wall there, that's good news. Be nice if you could keep the old plumbing sign with the short phone number.

ArtyP - November 30th, 2009 at 05:30 PM

I supose for the purists the flared guards are a no no, but owing to the fact that I have 2 bodies I thought I would like to run this one with bigger tyres , and the problem I found with the standard guards when locking up and cornering hard on rough roads the front tyres tend to hit the top of the guards . So thats why I would like leave more space but I want it to look like a better job than it is ,all comments and advice appreciated. Art.