That 70's chopper

Fv2 · May 1, 2021

I won't start on this til mid June, but decided to start a thread.
So far all I have is the fork and a 24x3 rim, the fork may change...maybe.
The frame I'll build myself, just have to finish a couple other projects and take a vacation first.
That said, here's what I have.

kingfish254 · May 1, 2021

Love those indian style springer forks and like the idea of it being used on a 70s chopper.
This will be fun!

Funkme · May 1, 2021

Well thats a great start. Cool forks.

OddJob · May 2, 2021

Welcome back my beer-named thespian! That looks like an inspiring start to a cool build.

RaT oN~!

Skipton · May 2, 2021

This is going to be cool!!!

GeePig · May 7, 2021

Falstaff said:
I won't start on this til mid June, but decided to start a thread.
So far all I have is the fork and a 24x3 rim, the fork may change...maybe.
The frame I'll build myself, just have to finish a couple other projects and take a vacation first.
That said, here's what I have.View attachment 155867

And a goodly supply of bubble wrap to aid you with those difficult decisions, I like your forward thinking...

Fv2 · May 25, 2021

These are the projects keeping me from building a bike. I can't wait to finish them and finally get back to working with steel.

SwissGuy · May 26, 2021

Falstaff said:
These are the projects keeping me from building a bike. I can't wait to finish them and finally get back to working with steel.View attachment 158940 View attachment 158941

That Mini-Caravan is amazing! Do you document your build somewhere? (like instructables or so?)

Fv2 · May 26, 2021

SwissGuy said:
That Mini-Caravan is amazing! Do you document your build somewhere? (like instructables or so?)

I started it in a Facebook group called diy teardrop campers community, but my account got hacked and I got banned from Facebook for 3 or 4 months.
I ended up using my wife's account, but a lot of the early pics are missing and I don't keep stuff like that on my phone.

The caravan is based on a French design called the carapate Caravelle i think, I saw it on YouTube a couple years ago.

SwissGuy · May 26, 2021

Falstaff said:
I started it in a Facebook group called diy teardrop campers community, but my account got hacked and I got banned from Facebook for 3 or 4 months.
I ended up using my wife's account, but a lot of the early pics are missing and I don't keep stuff like that on my phone.

The caravan is based on a French design called the carapate Caravelle i think, I saw it on YouTube a couple years ago.

Thanks, I'll look up that design.

Fv2 · May 26, 2021

SwissGuy said:
Thanks, I'll look up that design.

This is what it's based on.

SwissGuy · May 26, 2021

Yeah, that's the one I found as well. I love it. You sent me down a loooong rabbit hole with this... :113:

MattiThundrrr · May 27, 2021

Dangit, I just bought a pop-up. Those custom jobbies are way too cool!

Fv2 · May 27, 2021

MattiThundrrr said:
Dangit, I just bought a pop-up. Those custom jobbies are way too cool!

I built mine on the frame of a roached out pop up.

SwissGuy · May 27, 2021

Falstaff said:
I built mine on the frame of a roached out pop up.

This rabbit hole you sent me down made me think about doing something around these lines on the base of my 1975 trailer in the style of a pickup bed camper... (if I ever sell my 1977 Tabbert caravan....)

MattiThundrrr · May 27, 2021

Falstaff said:
I built mine on the frame of a roached out pop up.

Mine is almost completely unmolested. Minor modifications in the future, but not much

Fv2 · May 27, 2021

SwissGuy said:
This rabbit hole you sent me down made me think about doing something around these lines on the base of my 1975 trailer in the style of a pickup bed camper... (if I ever sell my 1977 Tabbert caravan....)

I've seen some cool truck bed campers.
Between that Facebook group and YouTube there's a lot of cool ideas.

Fv2 · May 27, 2021

MattiThundrrr said:
Mine is almost completely unmolested. Minor modifications in the future, but not much

Yeah, I'd probably just tidy it up an run with it in that case.

Fv2 · Jun 17, 2021

Trying to figure it all out.
Just feel like this picture makes my shifter look small.

Captain Awesome · Jun 17, 2021

Falstaff said:
Just feel like this picture makes my shifter look small.

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