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Don't have any extras but I bought a new triple tree fork and a monarch fork this weekend that I might use when i get back to this build . Concentrating on WBO right now so I might get rid of these but the fork tubes have been cut down.

I knew I wanted a tank but wasn't sure how I was going to do it when I got an Idea to use a piece of steel framing track . So I stopped by Home depot bought a piece of track and headed of to a friends who works steel frame . this is what we have so far

No I have stripped several of the Jesse James bikes over the years for different projects.

alloy kickstand rusted mixed a little rust color with the patina to give it a dark rust look.

Hit the chrome headlight visor with some jewelry patina that I got the other day at Hobby lobby . This one is onyx still looking for the rust color . Have to hit a few more stores to see if I can find it. Got the new tail light in the mail yesterday

Got a little time in the shop this evening cut out a template for the tank , mounted the chain guard , put my Arizona lic plate on the seat for now . Hoping to get time after the making the tank to make a licence plate holder / rear tail light mount .

I love the tank those air scoops down the side of it are awesome . Great job cleaning it up can see why it your "GRAIL"

That driveway of yours looks like the garden path to bicyclist heaven where's the gate I want in !

A work of art I love those handle bars

More mockup pics added a awesome vintage generator headlight going to change it to battery op and led , a skull that I was going to use as a hood ornament on my rat jeep , dice valve caps , a beautiful rusty horn , a kick stand , and a vintage French tail light that's probably going on my Shelby...

Got the forks all shimmed ,the bottom bracket , crank and chain installed late last night after work took it for a ride this evening rides great. More to come.

Did a little mock up this evening till i got tired of busting my knuckles trying to get a pedal off. Have to put some spacers in to get these forks to fit and maybe a little cutting. found the bmx bars a nice Mesinger seat that needs some new padding at my LBS . The wheels and tires came off a...

It's not a mustang wrong down tube , to small seat post tube not as much arch to top tube smaller tubes below top tube come together at front instead of going to side of down tube welds are not commercial quality and frame has never been prepped for powder coat or paint

The barns here are a lot newer than in back east and so are the things stowed away in them . For some reason no one really wanted to live here in the desert before air conditioning .

Ok I'm in didn't have anything that was that inspiring that I could put together in this time frame until this weekend when someone decided to pull this frame out of his barn and put it on craigslist. After spending much time staring at it I have decided it needs a sort of rockabilly hot rod...

I have heard of having all the original paper work with a vintage car but never a bike Very Nice find ! I save all my paper work when I buy a bike new but I never think to give it to the new owner when I sell it .

It was a real barn find . The guy I got it from said his brother had it custom made then he got it from his brother stuck it in the barn in hopes of getting around to building it and never did . Can't believe this thing was on craigslist 4 hours and no one spotted it before I did . I'm already...

I have a stepbrother that went crazy from the heat sold his home here in sunny AZ to move to a home like that in Alaska and work commercial fishing :crazy:

Found a couple great Schwinn's today at yard sales but this rusty stretch cruiser frame I found on Craigslist was my deal of the day . Thinking W.B.O.

Would have posted this in builds but got in to much of a hurry to take pictures its was a last ditch effort to get bike ready for the Savages BC ride this morning sad to say didn't make the 12 o'clock launch . Maybe next time was looking forward to meeting some new people . Got the Next La Jolla...