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Definitely bare metal. Little color on the wheels, but that will probably be it.

Big day today! Finally started cleaning up all the bare metal. As I mentioned before, this frame and tank have been to hell and back. Tons of pitting and other battle scars. But I like the look of it. Perfect bare metal would just look like a brand new bike, right? I started by wet sanding the...

The LS mates to a highly modified/ custom VW Bus transaxle.

I didn’t notice but I was just there! First Speedway there in two years!

This is the car we run. Built by Jerry Penhall. yep, brother of Bruce from CHiPs and Speedway racing. It is a slightly longer, heavier version (4 seats) of a Class 1 unlimited buggy with a GM LS engine that makes less HP than the true competitors. This car is more for fun. NORRA is the only...

I love all the 70s tones and graphics that are back in style, but not for this one. Going full traditional- in the rat rod sense, of course.

most of the VW stuff has been replaced by GM Ecotec 4 bangers these days, and the ones still running flat fours are insanely high end, even with just a stock 1600. And I remember all the cheap crap they sold. It was all I could afford back in the day!

People do it, but it’s a long bumpy ride! We run a modern (2007) three seat prerunner buggy. 3rd 🥉 in class and 30th overall out of 260 entries. Trying to get it together and start a vintage truck project to run down there someday.

Moving pretty slowly over here. Went from 11 days in Baja, Mexico racing the NORRA 1000 Rally to three days up at the family cabin in Kern County doing all the weeding and fire cutting. If you don’t, the fines start coming June 1st. Now I’m getting ready to head to Baja again for an actual...

That computes! The above info, combined with the fact that the bike badge uses a different script than any of the autos, combined with the fact that LaSalle was a French explorer so tons of people probably copped the name over the years, leads me to believe that there’s no correlation with the...

I found this elsewhere on RRB: Prior to World War II, Schwinn utilized distributors to get their products into the hands of retailers and customers. Some distributors such as Chicago Cycle Supply would also sell their own branded versions of Schwinn bikes and/or contract to "make" private label...

I’ve been wrestling with building tanks for various bikes for years. Bottom line is that it takes legitimate fab skills and you’ll probably have more time and money in it than it’s worth, but building your own would be awesome! If you google around, all the LaSalles I see are all schwinn except...

Much appreciated!

Planted my flag for the LBC. Long Beach, CA, USA

How’s it going, RRBBO’rs? After taking a year off from the Build Off (incidentally, I was in Italy for a month, just like Mr Kingfish is this year), I’m back with another bare bones build. This will be my fifth build off in ten years where I have finished with a 3rd, 5th, 20th, and DNF (uploaded...

Definitely an early favorite. Keep up the good work!

This is awesome! Thanks Kingfish! It will be displayed prominently. And congrats again on the win!

Man, this week was crazy! When I voted all three bikes were neck and neck in the low 40s, and they all crept up together! I think we had a lot of the same voters! Before I even started my build I was watching both of these and knew that they would be contenders. I am honored to be in the mix...

This is awesome! Thank you Kingfish! I just posted yesterday how I got a 5th place prize from you in the past. I am honored to be on the podium and in the running with all these great bikes. Thanks to all for a welcome distraction this summer.

Who else still thinks #11 was the most stacked year of all time. SKs and M00N discs everywhere! I was humbled to eek out a 5th spot with my Shelby and get my flamed skull from Kingfish! Still displaying it proudly!