Project Norton ES2
SPECIAL THANKS TO: NICK AND JACK AT ASHTONS CLASSIC BODYSHOP (01362 692271), ELK PROMOTIONS, STEVE THE WELDER (THANKS BUDDY YOU ARE AN ARTIST!)
of our 1956 Norton ES2 had the frame, swing arm and other parts carefully shot blasted and then brush painted them in red oxide primer to prevent the parts from rusting. This has worked brilliantly, so they just needed rubbing down before I could get them in the booth for primer and a nice top coat of hard-wearing black two-pack. But good though the red oxide is at protection, boy is it hard work to rub down! Cars I’ve done in the past can be sanded down with
