First of all i’d like to thank all members for their patience, understanding and apologize for my poor English. I started to get a Sandcast fever when i bought a K6 in 2012, imported from the USA. After a few months i saw a K0 (diecast), frame range # 40.000, i became amazed by the beauty and rarity, there are about 5 or 6 of these in Brazil someone told me. The official import of the Honda CB750 in Brazil started in 1972 . I started looking for a K0 to buy, and a guy knew a person who had a Sandcast and maybe could sell . Sandcast, what the hell is it? I did a brief search on internet and for me there were only few differences between my K6 and the Sandcast, basically the wrinkle tank, double cut fender, four cable carbs, duck tail seat and of course the sandcast engine. How a sandcast arrived in Brazil (?), i’ll someday find out, one thing was certain, there was only one in my country and the best thing, the bike was in my town. I was informed that the owner attended every Sunday morning for a bike meeting in a local square, i got there at 10am and he arrived around noon. I went to the guy, a truck driver that used the bike every day, and asked him if the bike was for sale, he told me that his CB750 was not a common bike, was a Sandcast, was the only one in Brazil and discovered it when he made an advertisement for sale with some photos and hours later someone called asking his account number. At that moment I was glazed and asked what the price would be, and without hesitating he said " 90.000 " , I said " R$ 90.000 is too expensive ( approximately $ 40,000) for a bike in bad conditions like this " He replied , " noooo U$ 90. 000 ", i asked him to open the tank and said, " your bike has no wrinkle tank and a double cut fender". A few days later i bought the bike, much cheaper than he requested but still expensive, equivalent to the value of my K6 restored, and in my account it would be cheaper than if i imported one (import taxes in Brazil are approximately 150% the value of the bike plus shipping). I thought it would be easy, just a few parts, some paint and i would have my Sandcast . Through SOOC i discovered that the restoration process of a Sandcast it’s not so simple and cheap. I gradually discovered that I had just purchased an engine a frame and a few original parts. I'm sure that, with the help of the members, my future mistakes will be corrected in time. Please, from now do not hesitate to point out my restoration errors.
Thank you.
Marcello Tha