This will be my 8th Annual RRB BO entry. And I will be combining two bike models that I have never previously used in a build. Here’s a little back story on how it all began….
Last August, I got a message from our brother @kingfish254, asking if I would be able to help him out on picking up and shipping a bike he was purchasing from another vintage bike enthusiast, who happened to live in our Twin Cities metro area. It turned out that, in our metro area of 7 counties and 182 communities and around 3000 sq miles; the seller lived a mere 6 miles from me! In the same community even. Wild stuff.
Kingfish and I made arrangements over the phone with the guy to meet him, and after ironing out some of the details, I was soon standing in front of an ‘80s pickup in a narrow driveway with a blacked out windowed single car garage right behind him. We made small talk, found out we had a lot in common when it came to bikes, and he unbolted the padlocked door and I raised it, squeaking and groaning as it lifted. (and that was just my knees!)
My first goal was to extricate the Electra Rockabilly Boogy bike that KF had purchased. It was a little hard to focus, as the garage was jam-packed with bikes from every era ‘30s – late ‘90s, wheels , parts, and the heavy odor of ‘cool factor’ throughout. I grabbed the Rockabilly, and on my way out, spotted two bikes that really caught my eye. Here’s a short video I made, and had sent to KF that day to show him I had been successful, and that I had ‘picked up a little something’ for myself as well.
I will be pulling the wheels and tires from the Felt bike and using them to build up the Hawthorne Silver King as a bare metal ‘hot rod’ bike; with a twist….
The basis for my build, a 1936 Wards Hawthorne Silver King frame.
And the wheels and tires from this Felt Flying Machine, and maybe one or two other parts.
And as always, an inspirational shot of the 'bare metal hot rod' idea. This is the vibe / look I have in my mind.
Stay tuned! And…..RaT oN~!
Last August, I got a message from our brother @kingfish254, asking if I would be able to help him out on picking up and shipping a bike he was purchasing from another vintage bike enthusiast, who happened to live in our Twin Cities metro area. It turned out that, in our metro area of 7 counties and 182 communities and around 3000 sq miles; the seller lived a mere 6 miles from me! In the same community even. Wild stuff.
Kingfish and I made arrangements over the phone with the guy to meet him, and after ironing out some of the details, I was soon standing in front of an ‘80s pickup in a narrow driveway with a blacked out windowed single car garage right behind him. We made small talk, found out we had a lot in common when it came to bikes, and he unbolted the padlocked door and I raised it, squeaking and groaning as it lifted. (and that was just my knees!)
My first goal was to extricate the Electra Rockabilly Boogy bike that KF had purchased. It was a little hard to focus, as the garage was jam-packed with bikes from every era ‘30s – late ‘90s, wheels , parts, and the heavy odor of ‘cool factor’ throughout. I grabbed the Rockabilly, and on my way out, spotted two bikes that really caught my eye. Here’s a short video I made, and had sent to KF that day to show him I had been successful, and that I had ‘picked up a little something’ for myself as well.
I will be pulling the wheels and tires from the Felt bike and using them to build up the Hawthorne Silver King as a bare metal ‘hot rod’ bike; with a twist….
The basis for my build, a 1936 Wards Hawthorne Silver King frame.
And the wheels and tires from this Felt Flying Machine, and maybe one or two other parts.
And as always, an inspirational shot of the 'bare metal hot rod' idea. This is the vibe / look I have in my mind.
Stay tuned! And…..RaT oN~!