Name Change, Theme change. The Challenger

[vanilla_gorilla]

im using the corpse of my 1960 Schwinn Speedster for my BBO6 entry.
and the inspiration from Mickey Thompson's salt flat cars "Challenger", and "Challenger II"

I want it to resemble a barn fresh dragster find.
here we go

[gowjobs]

"also see: Speedy Gonzales"

[vanilla_gorilla]

hahah nice.

i spent the day cleaning the grime off the frame, i cleared the chainguard and ive been working on the chrome.
ill post pics later tomorrow sometime.
i would have done more but i had a big house fire to deal with today in the next town over.

[Rockit!]

Oh you're a fireman? Thank you!!

[herr_rudolf]

hurry-up with those pics! We wanna see..

good luck with the build and have fun!

[vanilla_gorilla]

thanks rocket, no one was injured so thats a good thing. pics soon i promise!

[Rockit!]

My dad has been involved in firefighting for about 40 years now, and a close family friend was killed in the line of duty a few years back, so I'm very appreciative of you guys....especially the volunteers!

[vanilla_gorilla]

thanks, we couldnt do it without the support of the public community! much respect to your father too!

[skillsthebarber]

when I read quicksilver I thought about this bike

[vanilla_gorilla]

even though kevin bacon is awesome, thats not exactly what i had in mind haah

[vanilla_gorilla]

heres what i got so far.
chaingaurd is set to go.



heres some of the old chrome brought back to life


frame getting de-grimed, it was brown before


hey look its blue under there!




box o parts



im spending the rest of the day planning, polishing chrome and diggin for parts
stay tuned.

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

I like that movie Quicksilver. Especially the scene where Kevin challenges the taxi driver to keep up with Nelson Vales our then top USA velodrome sprinter. He was an idol of mine back in the day when I was racing.

[vanilla_gorilla]

frame and chain guard are all ready to go. just gotta finish up 2 projects then i can get goin on bolting up parts and
bringin this beast to life

[vanilla_gorilla]

i forgot to post up a finished product but here it is anyway

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Nice