BEF Morris Commercial CS8

[Rich Payne]

Originally posted by Mark Mackenzie
I would very much like to see some photos of your motor-bike. Did you take any photos that you can post?

Mark,
Rob van den Brink has posted quite a few pictures on his site
http://www.wdnorton.nl/
The KG No.3 is a pretty good match in the photos, although the shot inside the headlamp makes it look a bit light. This may be because it is a bit of a dry "overspray" finish.

The darker green (No.4 ?) has not photographed so well because it is proving difficult to remove the rough coat of black that someone has slapped over everything. What I can say about the dark green is that it was very roughly brushed with quite straight edges in a sort of splinter pattern. The paint has a rough texture and includes lumps of quite a yellowish hard pigment which appears when flatting back. I have a suspicion that they didn't stir the tin !

The Lucas MCR 1 cvc box was presumably a stock item produced pre-war and was originally gloss "Service green" which is what is listed for several of the Lucas components in the LV7 for this contract.

Let me know if you want a closer look at anything.

Rich.