Greenford
Police LE Update 6
Finally
the Greenford Police LE is back at the Museum. It took all day to put
the body back over the engine and transmission and provided much
entertainment for the visitors on Monday 25th February.
With Brian and Fred around and even Martin lending a hand the bike
grew in the Minter Cafe and by the end of the day I had the wheels in
place with front brake working after a fashion and throttle cable in
position but with a spacer missing that I had to find in the box of
bits still remaining at home. Here is the pictorial progression
through the day.
The
following week the 4th March it was time to finish some
things off fitting the correct bolts that I had not found the week
before and getting leg shields and headlamp attached fitting the
clutch cable and realised I didn’t have the speedo cable around
anywhere. There was not much more I could do as I needed some 2BA
bolts of the right length and the ones I had were too long. That
would have to wait for next week. For some reason we had a busy day
with 11 people and the international flavour was kept going with a
couple of guys from Malaysia. As I was assembling the LE there was
one keen visitor who wanted to know more about the Police LE. I said
that it was stationed just up the road at the local Police Station on
Oldfield Lane South. He said that his Father had been posted to this
particular station and probably road this machine regularly during
the course of his duties. Later he had been posted to a remote
district in the wilds of Yorkshire. I ask if he would send me some
details about his Father’s time at Greenford. Who would believe
that a visitor would arrive on this particular day and have some
information about a specific machine to add to its history. Life
amazes me in that such co-incidences happen and at this museum.
Unusually three guys arrived as we opened and stayed all day viewing
the progression of the final assembly with much interest and helpful
comments. It is just fun to have days like this. I think I will need
to do more assemblies in the Cafe, however with so many people around
at once it did get a bit crowded. At the ned of the day I tidied up
and put the LE in the little barn scooting it across the yard and
trying the brakes that kind-of worked. They will need a bit of
fettling to get them working properly and perhaps next week we might
try a fire-up to see that the engine still runs.
Now with all the bits bolted on and with wiring still to do.
