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Austin, what a fantastic project. Glad to see she found a buyer, lets hope she gets restored cheers G506

Rosie, now you and rcubed are famous, can I have your autographs...............?

Thanks all! Sorry for the late reply!

Really useful website that, thanks Runflat G506

Ah yes of course, you too Baz..............

Sorry 79/Stefano, I did promise didnt I ! I will post some in the next few days, apologies again!

I finally got around to washing the Arromanches sand off the 5sw last night. It got me thinking, I still can't get over what a fantastic day the 6th June was! All the late nights in the shed were certainly worth while!

TM, private message sent cheers

Well I may not be a CCKW owner, but my Chevy has the same basic cab as the closed cab CCKW. To me, the closed cab is a stunning looking design, full of 1930's art-deco styling cues. Yes you'll bake in the summer, but when the rain starts pouring I will just shut my windscreen, wind up my windows, and offer my spare water-proofs to you open cab boys!! :-)

TM, you lucky b*****d, Ive been looking for a TRW project for ages! Give Brian Tillen a call, he is a Triumph superstar, useful bloke to know, good quality parts, excellent service, and very reasonable prices. As for the rear wheel bearing, I use a fella down in Sussex who is brilliant on unusual bearings, he managed to find front bearings for the 5sw, and they are much harder to find than the rear bearings!

Oops, sorry! Seems really boring being back home (and back at work), no cooked breakfast

Morning Rosie! It was bl**dy Marvellous! Thanks to you too for a fantastic time xx

Hi Stefano, sorry for the delay, my first day in front of a computer for two weeks! I will have a go at posting some pics this week. I did around 100 miles in Normandy, a couple of mechanical mis-haps (thanks to Ron Pier and Rob Van Meel for rescuing me!), but otherwise she ran like a dream! We took part in the world record attempt on the 6th June with 143 other bikes, and she was one of 144 oil puddles on the beach at Arromanches. What an amazing day, and superb to be back on my old girl after such a long time

Cheers Gareth!

And while I think of it, a BIG thank you to the following people for their invaluable assistance with the restoration; Brian Tillen, Triumph specialist in Dorset Ron Pier, MV collector from Dorset Ian Wright, BSA expert and 5SW owner from Devon Bob Newell, my cousin and fellow British iron fan Lex Schmidt and Jan Willem Oosterom from Holland Dave Ballard Rcubed from the HMVF for letting me use his garage to spray bike bits brown Rosemary for the constant supply of tea! And last, but by no means least, the long suffering Mrs G506, who has been an MV widow most of this year, I have promised not to spend too much time on the Chevy!

Morning boys and girls! After a mental four month slog, and a fair bit of midnight oil being burnt, the 5sw ran for the first time in 4 1/2 years on Wednesday night, and passed her MOT the next morning! Her first outing is Overlord this weekend, then we're off to France with the MVT on Tuesday evening. If you see a knackered looking rider on a service brown Triumph over the weekend or on the tour come and say hi, preferably bring cider with you

Mmmmmmm, nice

You and me both Adam! Also add to that Jim Rockford's brown Firebird, but that was nowhere as exciting as black 6.6 litre Trans Ams............

Sorry Jules, we've hijacked your thread! Are you an MVT member? If you are, the MVT's tour organising commitee may be able to point you in the right direction re; registering with the authorities. Baz's suggestion of Le Robinson is a good one, I've not stayed but I have visited, nice camp site.

Cheap? Top quality and very expensive if you dont mind............ Or Jack Daniels

Maggie, as per Catweasle's post, correct fitment is a 2 into 1 system, ie, the left cylinder downpipe immediately joins the right downpipe, and then mid section/silencer is down the right side (off-side) of the frame.

NOS nacelle tops do still turn up occasionally at bike jumbles in the UK

Yes, theres one out there waiting for me! It may be of interest to you, TRWs were for military customers only (the exeption being some that were sold to the Paris Police force apparently), and were primarily purchased by the RAF and the british army. In addition, many were sold to Canada and Pakistan. Some of the tinware is said to be similar to Triumph Thunderbird, and that is why many TRWs are missing fork nacelle legs and tops.

Hi Swill, its a tricky question, originality versus safety. Personally, I think theres always a reasonable compromise, with my vehicles I aim for 'as it left the factory' condition, but on most WW2 vehicles the correct lighting in my opinion isnt up to modern road conditions. I really like Jimh's approach, carefully positioned and well thought through subtle modern lights, allowing the original lights to take their correct position. You mention your Albion, which is of a similar age to my '53 Brockhouse trailer. From new it had trumpet style red rear lights only, no indicators, but within two or three years all similar (Sankey style) trailers had been field workshop modified to typical British army glass lense units with the four fins, red for stop and tail, and orange indicator. I believe around this time Austin Champs went through a similar change. My '61 Land Rover has the four fin glass units, and I am perfectly happy with them, I suggest you fit those, for additional visibility you could then always fit bayonet fitting LED bulbs.