Finally got my trike finished (well as finished as a Rat Rod gets). This one was inspired by big AL's 48 Dually. viewtopic.php?f=6&t=14003 I loved the idea of using a wagon for a bed and making it look like an old truck. Mine was a very low budget build as most of the parts were free or traded for. I started with an old trike rearend my brother gave me and a 50's Schwinn girls frame. The girls frame got chopped up and converted to a boys bike and stretched quite a bit.
I added a wooden tank with some woodburning and painting (My wife done the drawing for me as I can't even draw decent stick figures).
It had a 3 speed hub but no brakes. I tried making 2 different SA 3 speed coaster brake hubs work but couldn't get either one to quit slipping. So I found a mountain bike front wheel with disc brakes and respoked the hub into a steel rim, welded a mount for the caliper to the fork, and made a suicide brake lever similar to the one Double Nickle used on his build off bike. I already had the disc brake on and was trying to figure out how to make a foot operated brake lever for it but liked this way better when I saw it. viewtopic.php?f=51&t=28639
I found an old rusty wagon but it didn't fit the trike so I cut about 6 inches of the back of it . I then cut it inhalf down the middle and welded a new floor in it. I used the part I cut off the end to fill in the front of the bed. I added a set of taillights and some exhaust pipes made from a vacuum cleaner hose. Still need to make a tailgate for someday and a license plate.
The frame wanted to twist on me where it connects to the rearend so I made me a set of sway bars that fit along with the look I wanted.
Let me know what you guys think.
I added a wooden tank with some woodburning and painting (My wife done the drawing for me as I can't even draw decent stick figures).
It had a 3 speed hub but no brakes. I tried making 2 different SA 3 speed coaster brake hubs work but couldn't get either one to quit slipping. So I found a mountain bike front wheel with disc brakes and respoked the hub into a steel rim, welded a mount for the caliper to the fork, and made a suicide brake lever similar to the one Double Nickle used on his build off bike. I already had the disc brake on and was trying to figure out how to make a foot operated brake lever for it but liked this way better when I saw it. viewtopic.php?f=51&t=28639
I found an old rusty wagon but it didn't fit the trike so I cut about 6 inches of the back of it . I then cut it inhalf down the middle and welded a new floor in it. I used the part I cut off the end to fill in the front of the bed. I added a set of taillights and some exhaust pipes made from a vacuum cleaner hose. Still need to make a tailgate for someday and a license plate.
The frame wanted to twist on me where it connects to the rearend so I made me a set of sway bars that fit along with the look I wanted.
Let me know what you guys think.
