Hi Doug, Thanks for that, I feel suitably admonished and chagrined! No, I don't believe in hacking things about but if you can bolt things together with a bit of ingenuity then it's better to see them running until the right bits come along. I'm a very patient man and I don't sell any bike that I build. I have a 1926 Royal Enfield 225cc, a 1939 Panther 248 cc, a 1955 Triumph Trophy TR5, a 1958 Panther 600 cc, a 1964 Greeves Essex and I have enough parts for a second 1933 Panther 248 and as you know, I'm collecting Douglas parts. Everyone of them was a basket case to start with, I just like to see them run again, Kindest regards,
Bill