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Project AEWRON 13

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Ain't that the truth! Applied the new decals today, plus my tires and brake pads arrived in the mail today, so I'm off to a good start this weekend...

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Thanks, the head badge didn't come out as nice as I had hoped, but I'm happy with the top tube die-cut decal because the font looks very close to the original PINNACLE decal.

Cleaned the parts today, crappy part of the resto, and since we all don't have a Safety-Kleen parts washing bin at home I just make a disposable one with cardboard box and plastic...

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Also found time today to rebuild both hubs, they are now dialed-in perfectly with all new grease, this rig is gonna roll...

(front bearings were completely dry with no grease, no surprise because they are still building them that way today, lol)

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I stopped at the bike shop today on my way home to look through the old rims, and as fate would have it I found two NOS Weinmann 116 polished alloy 27x1.25" rims. They are filthy but I think they will clean up. I was planning on using my original rims because they are in very good condition, but considering I found these "era correct" replacements I'm probably going to use them instead, and it will still have that shiny chrome look...

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Tested a 12" area on those hoops after dinner tonight, just a quick clean and polish, was curious to see if those corrosion spots were going to polish out by hand, luckily they did...

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Thanks, I've been using Simichrome for sometime now, its popular in the HD crowd, its my go-to metal polish and like it better than Mothers or Blue Magic.
 
Good to know; I've always been a "Mothers" bhoy :). I'll have to get some for my Rudge and Hercules projects
 
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