Silent Blue Fellow

[ncherguy]

also figured out how to attatch the bars. I got 2 little kids bike quil stems from a project I scrapped years ago. They barely fit in the tripple tree tubing. I think you may know where I am going with this. I will cut the clamps off and weld the stems to the handlebars. It will limit the angle of the bars but I should be able to adjust the height. Its warming up in Salem Oregon so I will do some attic picking later in the day. Also I need some front fenders to modify. I got an old rear fender and I will steel a rear fender of an old Western Flyer to use for the front. With the collection of parts on hand, this project has cost me $00.00 so far. I almost bought new tires and a new set of fenders but I 'm keeping it on a Ratrod budget!

[Peatbog]

My favorite stripper. Shes a little nasty but she does the job.

I use the same stripper. It is way cheaper than the spray stuff for the amount you can do with it and it works better.



By the way, we're talking about PAINT stripper here.

[kingfish254]

My favorite stripper. Shes a little nasty but she does the job.

I use the same stripper.

Is this the stripper that you guys share??

[Peatbog]

Whoa. Those are some hot chicks watching also.

[ncherguy]

I love peeps! Awsome
....no those are no the strippers I'm talkn about

[ncherguy]

So I found 2 almost identical quil stems and cut the clamp in half. This will give make it cleaner look and give more weld area for a good bond rather than what I originally was going to do (cut the clamp part altogether). here are some before and after photos. I started out by positioning the 2 stems in the tripple tree tubes, then positioned the fork on a chair while the handlebars were cradled in the stems and leaning against a table. Creative jigging gotta love it.

Before


Finishing up some welds


after

[ncherguy]

also shows some good photos of how messy and small my shop is.

[kingfish254]

also shows some good photos of how messy and small my shop is.

Tank saw mine today. Yours is immaculate.

Love the work that you are putting into this. Looking sharp and well engineered.

[ncherguy]

also shows some good photos of how messy and small my shop is.

Tank saw mine today. Yours is immaculate.

Love the work that you are putting into this. Looking sharp and well engineered.

Gee thanks, Sometimes good creativity comes from a lack of money.

[ncherguy]

As builds go sometimes, they move in the path they want to go rather than where you originally wanted to take it. I'm going to scrap the front fender idea and just go with a rear and keep the build simple so I can focus on the finer details and....August is coming up.

[char]

Look great! Keep it up, it's going to look great when it's done.

[ncherguy]

Its been in the 80's and 90's around here so I started painting parts.


Here is the tank and rear fender. I was going with a front fender but want to keep it looking simple.


Masked the wheel for painting.


Scallop masking. Its so clean as it is, but I plan on outlining the edges with red paint (pin stripping)

[Peatbog]

I like that. The paint looks sharp. That will really snap with the red pinstripes.

[char]

Oooo that's going to look great Nice paint! Excellent job!

[kingfish254]

Nice dart work!