Tempus Fugit....Todays date #03/08/20.
Previous blog post 06/10/13...
Many moons have waxed....many soltices have passed...and many times hath the hour glass being turned and emptied since I wrote of 'Little Walt'. I sit here in 'The Old Sidevalve Bar' penning an missive to anyone who may be out there to read it. For a deadly virus is sweeping the globe. Science is battling against time to save humanity. I am no scientist, I'm a 'Vintafaker'. What can I do ? I can try to piece together vintage machines, possibly useful as transport to escape into the mountains and northern moorlands when the major cities become uninhabitable. Metropolisis left to the covid mutants to cough germs on each other and live outside the law....It's true....It's happening NOW!!!!! We need an escape plan.....
Let me start work again on 'Little Walt'..He could be useful....Time is of the essence.
Alas the Grim Reaper took his crankshaft many years ago it could not be saved....but we cross our fingers and toes in the hope that enough masterful and imaginative engineering can be done on the remaining parts to flick on his life switch again. Of course a crank replacement will be needed. A crank stronger, shinier, made of modern metalics and capable of turning up and down motion into circular motion like no other Raleigh Model 17 crank has ever done before.
I am not alone in this quest at the moment. I have help. Over the valley lives a chum of mine Basil K Splutterpipe. He of very shiney Pembleton fame..(see below) A champion polisher, certified and approved by Solvol Autosol to perform aluminium polishing using only elbow grease and cloth duster. (Proper old skool)
Basil has kindly volunteered to reassemble what remains of the motor. Not as a runner but for visual only. This we will fit back into the frame and present the complete item to the UK registration authorities in the hope that 'Little Walt' will become a member of the DVLA computorised division. Only then when he has official papers will he be able to travel freely without question on the highways and byways of Blighty.
The remains of Walter were gently lifted into Basils transporter and taken to the polishing surgery for cleaning and microscopic analysis. A daily update using Non G4 methods would be sentback to H.Q. (The Old Sidevalve Bar) Social distancing measure would be observed at all times between the 2 outposts. To let ones guard down now would be disastrous.
I've said it before...Just saying it again. Poor Little Walt...We will do all we can for you mate...
Keep you posted on further developments.
Stay safe.
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