Fortunately I had a friend travelling from Derby down to the West Midlands today so he was able to collect the seat from Steve Gagg's place in Ilkeston and bring it down for us (Thanks Dave)
The seat has therefore been fitted and the rear mudgaurd cut and fitted using the stainless brackets that were present on the old frame. I decided to go with alloy mudguards rather than plastic, I dont know how long this will last but do look more period for a bike like this and I gave in to the badgering from Steve (our neigbour) who thinks its a crime putting plastic guards on a classic bike. I am sure that after dropping it a few times and they start looking tatty we'll be back on the plastic but for now I have gone with form over function.
We have heard tonight that the tank is painted and badged and the final coats of laquer are going on tomorrow morning so we should receive it tomorrow night. We are therefore still on track for getting it to MOT on Friday.
As you can see, the seat is pretty neat, wrapping round the frame tubes at the front and allowing a single bolt fitting at the rear of the seat. I think this looks better that some flat bases I have seen with a layer of rubber pad glued on.
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