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er.... the clue is in the title of the thread....

anyone know what it's made of? Aluminium? It's not ferrous.

I just want to make sure I put the right sort of paint on it and don't melt it or anything

And some sort of alloy Juliet, just treat it like normal metal, to bare metal, then primer and paint.

Mind the oily felt bush though

I think it's some kind of alloy / monkey metal. Probably best to etch prime it first.

More than likely to be monkey metal indeed

Monkey metal for the benefit of the uninitiated is made by throwing all the old bits of alloy into a pot and melting them. It was used for badges brackets etc. Tends to be mainly aluminium, but with other bits and pieces thrown in!

Neil Marmite-Tomlinson has a chrome plated one and very nice it looks too.

cheers for all that info, guys, monkey metal indeed

Onne the felt bush is long gone, this bracket, like most bits of the van, is in its constituent parts (you've seen my kitchen table... )

Ray I don't have any etch primer and the pennies are really really running low, as in i have absolutely no money at the moment. Is it essential to etch it or could I just clean it and degrease it and rough it up with some beefy wet-and-dry instead?

chrome-plated one sounds fab, I'd love to see a photo

Sorry guess this is off topic but I can't resist....Wibble your Kitchen table is a sight to believe, Gave Andy all sorts of ideas, v nice tea still

well i think there is still a table under the pile

It appeared terribly well orginised to me Very impressive looking carb on the table too!