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@57Hawkes
Nearly sold this recently. Some issues that I think I've sorted acceptably now.
Too big for me (55.5 cm sq.) but I want to ride a Hobbs, briefly, just to know.
A quick 'n dirty, fully reversible, build is thus required.
Steel will be preserved, possibly even painted. There is a wacky idea in the can on that front.
A donor 70's/80's basket case racer will likely be repurposed - and most of those parts will live on.
Fascinating how Hobbs relocated to Dagenham, post 1945 Barbican bombing, to the Sterling Works that made the machine gun.