Surely not Covid19 - and more crankcase cleaning?

 ....as my Dad would say when I was a nipper and repeatedly wittered..."Ya stuck in the same groove, like an broken old gramophone record". Yep, that's what lockdown does.....round and round with no change. Day after day same old same old. Yesterdays news or todays news, different time same orbit.   Hang on! I'm going round and round repeatedly because that's what I do...I'm ok! Happy cleaner that's me! Broddling old grease out of tiny holes! Hey like an archaeologist sometimes a small but significant discovery can be made. Hallelujah...praise to the power of Vintafake... My eyes have seen a message from the ancients !!!! Cor blimey it's a set of secret numbers. Treasure location?

 4 1 56.  Could be a map reference?

 Phuff...no way I'm going looking for treasure over in Turkmenistan on the off chance its not a date of manufacture.

So, 4th January 1956 at the BSA Works, Armoury Road, Small Heath, Birmingham a set of crankcases for 'Lovely Maroon' came into being. 

What happened that day? You may well ask. Searched the interwebby and let's say, it was just another day.  In fact a Wednesday.  Plain and boring midweek... No news worth reporting ANYWHERE in the world. Welcome to 1956 - Going to work on an egg or Baby Booming take ya pick.

Posh!!!!  I'll have a couple of soft boiled with dippy soldiers ......Oh and a sprinkle of salt n pepper. 

(Eye, Just thinking by November 1956 mi Dad must have had plenty of egg energy.....work that one out!!! )

 

 

 

 

Still Covid19 - Crankcase cleaning.

 #20/01/21 Greetings, Alb here. Bringing you another missive from the diseased 'Shire'. Yep..Outside the sterilized interior of the Vintafake Bio-dome life is not as we knew it Jim. The mutant VUI-202012/01 is all around. I don't venture out now without boilersuit tucked into welly tops, spotty hankerchief over mouth and woolly hat pulled down tight over lug-holes. But why go out? Vintafaking can't stop, there's no knowing how much time anyone has left on this world.....is there not a saying - 'If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain'  Indeed, then project jobs must go to the Bio-dome. It is written in ancient scriptures. What can possibly go wrong?

With Covid dangers in mind and without wellies or woolly I took a deep breath then rushing out into the virus heavy atmosphere, grabbed a couple of oily BSA parts from 'The Old Sidevalve Bar' and quickly headed back to the dome. Another gulp of clean air before once more risking all to liberating paraffin and the Sonic Cleaner.   Done it !!!

Just doing the washing up dear!

Followed with a bit of high frequency vibration....

Wow...Proper sparkly. Well, that seemed to work out ok, Posh didn't half kill me for splashing old engine oil about... ...This could be the start of more indoor cleaning, and possibly indoor mechanicals..

Yep, some of the new normal is ok. In the meantime Take Care.  

Posh !!!! This Bio-atmosphere is making me hellish thirsty.....what brews have we got to wet mi 'palatine uvula'?