“The Great Scottish Chipboard Revival”
Right — so first off, I’ve been carefully preserving (read: tripping over) the chipboard panels used to ship the bike all the way from Scotland to Canada. I was tempted to say London just to confuse a few of my UK pals, but that seemed a bit cruel… and, well, geographically inaccurate.
These panels have been living rent-free in my garage all summer, awaiting their glorious second life. And since I’m now knee-deep in the annual “garage clean-up before winter bike hibernation,” it seemed the perfect time to put them to use.
So, out came the saw — I split the long pieces right down the middle of the center cross brace. That gave me some perfectly sized panels to build a state-of-the-art paint booth (by which I mean “some boards nailed together that will hopefully stand up to a light breeze”).
Pro Tip: I finally figured out how to make the images on this blog clickable. You can now click to enlarge them — and click again to shrink them back down. It’s like magic, only cheaper.
Once everything’s hung up and painted like a proper gallery piece, I’ll let them dry indoors. The booth will get another go on the next dry day — assuming the Scottish weather pattern that somehow followed the bike to Canada allows it.
With winter closing in, it’s a race between me finishing the paint and the temperature dropping low enough to freeze it mid-spray. Either way, the booth’s earning its keep before we all go into hibernation.
NOTE: Created my running To-do list on my site and also placed the Parts Assembly Diagrams for reference.
BSA ’61 B40 To-Do List (& Assembly Diagrams)