8. COMING TO GRIPS WITH IT

Left hand controls

Right hand controls

Control assemblies

After a lot of time spent on Aliexpress the switchgear throttle and levers were ordered and after a bit of a wait duly turned up on the doorstep.
Stuff from China is rather cheap and really for that cost is just better than trying to reuse the 40 year old originals.
These parts can be had in a variety of colors but I opted to stay with the rather more traditional black/alloy finish.
The handgrips I bought off TradeMe,called 'pistol grips' are now my favourites and have become a bit of a trademark of my builds.
They are ergonomically (somewhat oddly) shaped and just work nice & comfortably.