Hi B_S,
Yes you are correct it will have a new Briggs slated on to it as I already have it. In actual fact it's the one that seized up on me and I ended up with it back when I forwarded it to Briggs for a replacement. (Earlier thread on this topic).
Anyway, I ended up re-birthing that particular Briggs and it now runs perfectly so effectively it's a new engine for free, so as far as costs are concerned the most expensive thing will be the Chrome Plating of the handle bar assembly which is setting me back around $130, all the zinc plating has been for free as I'm actually doing that myself in a friends shop along side of other work that's being run through at the same time. BTW all the bolts that have been used and selected in this project are all period correct to the chassis as there were minor differences along the the time line of 45's.
The main costs will be a few new parts, like front roller end caps, bearings at trade price and a few cans of Grey paint for the rear roller, remembering that the Hammered Deep Green was free from "Ultra Color". Most other stuff I've obtained I've either already had on hand or sourced from the Boneyard. Must admit when I was buying all those 45's, I never paid any more than $50 for a machine in any condition. Only now is it paying dividends in droves when one considers the price of parts and pulling them from totally shickered chassis' feels so right to me. In the end the maggotted frames can go to scrap as they owe my diddly squat and have paid for themselves many times over.
MF,
As far as the paint coming out of spray cans is concerned, if one knows how to paint correctly then there should be no tell tale signs from what the paint came out of. In saying that these cans did give lots of grief along the way but how one overcomes those issues is the secret between a good tradesman and a very bad one I'd say.
Cheers,
BB.
