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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    All i need here is special reverse thread nut for the gear on the crank.
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    Lined them up and fitted the idler gear and oil pump
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    Gears for the cam shafts
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    Heated up the gears in the oven and started assembly
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    made a set of wood-ruff keys out of 4x4 keysteel, and sourced one of these special washers from Peter Moody.
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    cleaned the two gears up by leaving it in deoxidine over night.
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    Moving on with the motor.. I was lucky enough to find the missing timing gears at the CMC. On the second picture you will see that I had to buy a whole crank just to get the one gear.
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    striiped the frame and sent it in to get sandblasted
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    detabbed the frame and cleaned up all all the other spots
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    Cleaned them up with a file
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    I had the joins welded up by a professional
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    Frame stretched, welds must get finished up and then it's time to for the Girder front end.
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    Top section cut off, and 22mm extensions machined
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    Top Section heated up and bent down
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    Assemled and tacked into place
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    Machined extensions out of 1" solid round bar
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    we proceeded to cut the bottom tubes, same place at both ends.
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    So we started with securing the rear axle plates. By using a M16 Threaded rods and locking it into place.
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    This is sort off where i am heading with the build, here you can also see how it will look with a 100mm (4" Strectch)
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    Pre 55 Triumph Thunderbird project

    Louwrens from L.J. Miller Engineering offered to help me with stretching my frame. He had all the correct tools and very well made expensive jigs to make sure everything is spot on. Here is the standard frame in set up in the jig.
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