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@M.O.H.
What a great thread! And what a lovely machine you've built. Thank you for sharing the story, 7VEN. All the hurdles you've got over are ones that I come up against all the time - I'm on my 11th build, a 1956 Morris and just starting looking for parts for my 12th, a 1949 PARIS Tour de France.
I'm particularly impressed that you managed to find an NOS Bayliss Wiley oil bath BB unit. I need one of them for the PARIS… Did you have any trouble fitting it? I have one on another frame but the BB shell on it has enlarged somehow and the tapers on the fixed cup and lock ring aren't quite big enough for the unit to wedge tight.
It was good to read about the Shockstops, too. I bought an NOS pair a couple of years ago and of course they were perished and unusable. I have a couple of bikes I can use them on so I'll be in touch with Big Block.
Thanks again!