Ariel Owners Motorcycle Club

O.K. new thread!
No, the Model C is not ready, I just like to work on different bikes at the same time.
Ah! thats not entirely honest.....I am just easely distracted

Long story short:
Few years ago I thought of building a IDST repro, like this one : Nice.
I found half a WNG frame + crankcase in the legacy from Carlo Jusche, AKA Mr. Bulgaria for members of a certain age... Turned out that frame and engine were 'matching' which is a rarety with WNG models.
Ah! Oh! well I felt more or less compelled to build a proper WNG out of the remains because of this.
So I went ahead and repaired the frame, that took some time.
collected other genuine WD bits to get it complete.
But Hey! I did not want a WNG, I wanted a ISDT repro
Another WNG frame came along, a proper orphan in need of a good home.
Welcome ! Had to straigthen it out 'a little' so the mould I made for the first WNG came in handy. Then a very cheap 1953 VB engine found it's way to me.
So again I drift away from a ISDT repro cleaning up. spraying. other bits painting. some welding. fitting new guides. Further drifting away from the ISDT theme, I choose the Ariel export green as color.
Painting my '52 tank that I used before on Burney.
All proper 'Health & Safety' For contrast....me spraying my first Ariel in 1978, chromate! but in a real spraybooth luckely.
those were the days my friend....and still they never end.... Some pinstriping with 24krt gold leaf. but I did not like it so I wiped it again....I'll be back!

Devon rims painting.
first step is dry blasting the centre for better paint grip. (stainless rims)
taping the sides. made a spray frame for it to handle it, one for each rim.
4 spokes upright to be able to use the pinstriping tool that needs to be held at 90 degree. leaf green the export color. Beugler pinstriper and 'One Shot' pinstripe gold paint. made a guide paddle from teflon to keep it stable along the side of the rim. easy ! on to wheel building, turned out that it's best to have it fitted in the forks.
atm building the forks.... To be continued....

Lovely job, looking forward to seeing it progress (whichever one 'it' is ).
Bob.

beautiful, few people realize how much work the wheels need.

What really surprises me is that you also find time to write about the rebuild(s).

Thanks Bob , Karol & Roger !

The Engine:
after some cleaning.
VB , a fitting engine code ! it was originally exported to Denmark. adding vent hole cilinderhead sponsored by John Bradshaw. Thanks! made longer headbolts.
Good sidevalve cam sponsored by Dave Owen. Thanks! making a inlet elbow from a piece of water tubing a Vincent Comet inlet stub and some thick copper plate to fit a Concentric above the magdyno.
silver soldered. skipped the BA box that was part of the ISDT plan and dug out a GB Burman .
I think the best user friendly box for any Ariel.... now playing about with foldable footrests to give myself a easier time when loading/unloading it from my tiny trailerhome (yep old age is here to stay) butchered a pair of WNG footrests for it! haha.

Roger,
When having fun time is of no importance!

Please supply the frame number so I can enter the new creation into the machine register. I am loving the footrests!

Beautiful work Vincent.

Can you tell us how you reattached the broken fin? I have 2 cylinders that banged together in shipping and 3 fins to reattach.
Thank you.

I've done welding on my Model C, here is the link :
viewtopic.php?t=12083&start=80

send you a PM Roger.

Vincent.vanGinneke wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2024 3:44 pm I've done welding on my Model C, here is the link :
viewtopic.php?t=12083&start=80

Thank you Vincent - great information.