She's Home...

Having brought NNR home using a courier I was a completely blown away to see her again, imagine 30 years! obviously she wasn't quite as complete and original as I remember but she was no "Triggers broom" either.
The good news was that both the frame and engine are original so in essence NNR has survived. The basis of a restoration was now tucked up safe and sound in the garage and I couldn't wait to start work. Oddly there was a lot of blue paint and hammerite on the frame, this turned out to be a blessing as it had preserved he metal work from the dreaded tin worm and so when the frame was eventually blasted and powder coated the metal work was in very good order.
The same couldn't be said of the tin ware but more about that later.