Hey all,
I know that Bob is into old mopeds, and I'm sure a few others are into them aswell.
For those who are interested, here are a few pictures of my latest "toy" !
It's a 1960 Peugeot BB V. It was given to me for free, in a bad state, So bad my dad didn;t want me to have it, thinking it would sit in the back of the barn, taking up loads of space, not working.
I suprised him (and myself!). I managed to get it running the first day, which was good. All it needed was moving the engine forward (the drive belt was too slack, when you treied to start it it didnt engage the motor). I done a load more jobs of course to get it more roadworthy (still a bloody deathtrap!). Tires are the wors parts: you can see the fibre/mesh on some areas. I was suprised they pumped up, inner tubes don't even have a slow puncutre!
I had a small problem with the HT lead, it was badly joined onto the stator and came off, so I had to remove the flywheel (I let my dad do that, when I tried it seemed like the flywheel was going to snap, since uits only thin aluminium, and most people on the net have snapped them if using the wrong tool!). It came off nicely in the end. I soldered it on properly, and fixed the broken connector, so it should stay there now.
I also done the usual, cleaning the carb and exhaust. A few ore jobs like new cable inners on throttle, front and back brake (back brake also has ne cable outer). Headlamp rim was very rusty (no chrome left!), so I painted it silver and rubed it with my oily hands to sort of age it!.
With some T-cut, Autosol and coloured turtlewax, it ended up quite nice for original paint.
I think next I wll have to get the racing version of that moped! (see
http://dayerses.com/data_images/posts/peugeot-bb-3/peugeot-bb-3-04.jpg )
I am suprised how well it goes! I'm pretty sure its better than my Puch Maxi and Yamaha QT 50! IT's definitally more reliable! I can even go top speed up a hill!
Enjoy the pictures!
1st pic: Untouched, when I got it.
2nd pic: I done a it of work. This was when I first got it going.
3rd pic: All polished up, looks way better than the previous photo!
4th pic: How nice the original paint came up!