From ‘72T to 2.5 S-R: GeLo Racing #44

Post by **Bootsy** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:48 am

Every cloud etc etc

matteo68 · Post by **matteo68** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:48 am

And some lovely original window cranks courtesy of Tim Barker will complete the door cards…

matteo68 · Post by **matteo68** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 5:35 pm

Some more bits from Tim:

Another set of original black phosphated spark plug retaining clips for the lower plugs:

and 2 sets of cable numbering tags for upper and lower plugs:

Just as the factory did it

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:32 pm

Looks great

Your loom is now safe in my kitchen!

matteo68 · Post by **matteo68** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:46 pm

Thanks Gary! I owe you a beer or two next weekend! And you too Al when I next see you! DDK pony express is the best!

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 9:13 pm

All good. There are advantages to bringing the modern bus to CLM!

anglophone1 · Post by **anglophone1** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 9:35 pm

And I can vouch that it certainly moves quick!!!
C

matteo68 · Post by **matteo68** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 4:04 pm

8’s & 9’s off to Nick Moss for refurbishing with early Fuchs finish tomorrow (or as close to it as he can get)

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 6:15 pm

Hi Matt
I probably missed or have forgotten you were looking for early Fuchs.
Pity, I have a set of very early 8’s and 9’s refurbished by Harvey in the US and I’m never likely to use them. Never had tyres mounted, still in the box.
Here they are stripped inspected by Harvey and prior to his refurbishment. There is something quite special about them.

I had them done in RSR finish.

Regards
Mike

matteo68 · Post by **matteo68** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 6:23 pm

Yes, I think you showed them to me at the 2021 DDK swapmeet Mike!

I’ve since scoured the planet for original early 8’s & 9’s and found 2 x 3/71 9’s and 1 x 8”, the other being an RS 8” (3/73).

Matt

matteo68 · Post by **matteo68** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 6:23 pm

…interesting that the 8’s weigh exactly the same as the 9’s (5.8 kgs each), notwithstanding an inch more material in the 9’s…

matteo68 · Post by **matteo68** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 6:32 pm

I don’t think the RSR finish as it’s called now is the same as the early Fuchs finish: Serhad’s set of unrestored 8’s that I went to see (sold to Matt Blast in the USA for just under £10k…) had more of a matt / satin finish on the lip rather than polished:

matteo68 · Post by **matteo68** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 8:34 am

1/43 scale model recently released - certainly not the best quality but the only one of GeLo #44

Darren65 · Post by **Darren65** » Sun Jul 20, 2025 9:40 pm

Hope you're not replicating those panel gaps!

matteo68 · Post by **matteo68** » Sun Jul 20, 2025 9:43 pm

Darren65 wrote:Hope you're not replicating those panel gaps!

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