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  1. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    The R nut was on the axle/ wheel already.
  2. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    Ok: so, not quite honey, but thicker than my 3 in 1 oil My question is, has sitting on a shelf for 30 years thickened this or changed it in any way.
  3. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    And….. if you look closely at this video, you can see why my chain was getting so snug. I think whoever got the factory pins out of the crank arms bent the spindle A big job just got a lot bigger and uglier I might change the name of this to the proper nightmare.
  4. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    Thanks OJ: I think I’m good for now! This thing is turning into quite a task! I definitely want to (will) save as much of the original patina as possible. I just wanted to blend that fork and the fender braces so it was clear it was a black bike with green fenders…. And not a green bike with...
  5. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    And…. I got the chain guard off the sprite I still need to clean it up….
  6. Jude Ephesus

    Brazen

    Wheel / tire combo is off the charts cool!
  7. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    We share the same footwear for building! :) :) :) :)
  8. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    Yup! -I just found one on the women’s sprite I picked up a few weeks ago. (My Fresh finds) I sort of wanted to keep it on that bike, but the proper rat rod is first priority, so I’ll pluck it off that thing and stick it on the PRR.
  9. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    its almost like honey: my hands are clean now.. I‘ll do a video for you next time I go to wrench on it!
  10. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    One thing I did notice, and I’m a bit concerned, the green bike has tabs on both the down tube and the seat tube for mounting the chain guard. This black bike doesn’t have anything! o_O
  11. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    I‘m yet to find a decal peeking through on this thing. before I hit it with the clear, I’ll do a light sanding and see if I can see anything.
  12. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    And… found and successfully drilled out the holes where the head badge will go: The hole on the left looked like it had JB Weld on it or something: I had to break out a file to find the sheared off rivet.
  13. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    Got my headlight bracket cleaned up
  14. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    Frame scrubbed: not the last, but nice move forward:
  15. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    And @The Renaissance Man was right: a whole bunch of numbers after the ‘30’ No clue what it means, but looks like a full serial number to me!!! from what I can gather, the 7 digits + BB location would indicate that my friend is right and this would be a ‘63-‘69 frame.
  16. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    Tried for some faux-Tina to fade the green and the black:
  17. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    Wheels scrubbed
  18. Jude Ephesus

    Daddy LongLegs - Let's Keep This Thing Rollin'

    White letters just as cool to me….
  19. Jude Ephesus

    A Proper Rat Rod

    Yes: the very early models had a frame clamp with a point on it that I think attached the the frame like the shifter pulley.
  20. Jude Ephesus

    SwingThatMuscle

    Epic! Looks like it rides and works like silk!!!! And those bars are COOL!!!!!
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