Wooden
Boat Show 2014
You
may ask why be at a wooden boat show? Well simply where there are
people gathering there is always an opportunity to promote the Museum
one way or another. I was allowed to hand out some fliers and the
organisers displayed some at their information tent. On my rounds I
ran into a guy, now retired, but still renovates Seagull outboard
engines. I have always liked those water cooled two stroke engines.
In my conversations with him he gave me the number of the man who
knows a lot about Villiers engines Paul Gollins of
villiersservices@hotmail.co.uk.
Good for flywheel remagenetising too!
Moving
on around the show I heard a bike fire up and it turned out to be
this big bore Triumph Metisse. It looked lovely.
Further
on around the trade displays was a stand that did motorcycle pin
badges and key rings made from pewter that was Ginny Cardmaker
ginny@pwheeler.co.uk. In
the market has was a small company that did hand made blue and white
tableware, roelofs & rubens what struck me was the bespoke Ariel
motorcycle plate. info@roelofsrubens.co.uk
I
spent some time talking at the Watercraft magazine stand and met a
lady who had been editor for Sport and Leisure magazine. She had a
passion for motorcycles with sidecars. She had just returned from a
very long trip and wanted to get home however her interest was peaked
by the Vincent Amanda Scooterboat that is at the Museum.
Lastly
I talked to the organisers again about a potential stand next year.
They said they would be in touch. So this week has been busy, just
returning from France and the French National 2CV meeting where I
was camped next to a guy and his 1985 Honda 750 four. During the
meeting there was a display of Harley Davidson and a number of bike
clubs that I was able to pass fliers on to. On Monday at the Museum I
spent most of the day talking to a very interesting Canadian Couple
from Calgary. He had discovered a 1939 Triumph and wondered what to
do with it. He had an inspiration to take it to Bonneville salt
flats. He knows of Eric (EGP Enterprises) and his Brough. He now had
his project so he tuned it accordingly and with help from his
buddies, who donated many parts got it running and raced it last
year. He has written an article about it and I look forward to
reading it after he has returned home.
