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[Baron von Zach]

Hi, I'm the Baron from Stockport over in England. I'm 44 and a funeral director.

Usually I am doing vintage lightweights. And with vintage, I don't mean the eighties. I mean 1920s to 1950s.
I recently started cruisers and got hooked. Anyway, here are a few of my feeble attempts:

The first one is a Dyno (which is rare as I understand it), and it is my pride and joy:

Next is my Chromie. The front wheel is only temporary and is going to be replaced with another Thick Brick as soon as I found one:

Then I have the 'Cow'. It's going to be powdered turquise soon and more junk is going to be added, like a tank, torpedo headlamp, the entire clutter:

This is my 1960s AMF Roadmaster Voyager, which has the maddest, baddest dropouts I've ever seen. Triplane fork to boot. This is going to be restored soon. Unfortunately, it can't take the 26x2.125s shown. I think it was on 26x1 3/8 originally. What a shame.

And here we have my first attempt at scratchbuilding. This is going to be the 'Aluminator'. Everything is going to be either polished aluminium, or stainless:

brag, brag, brag...

If yer ugly like me, ya yuz gotta be kewl....

 

[Blunderbuss pirate]

i have the same dyno deluxe too.
shes a beauty, mine is a lil more custom now, or will be when its finished.
i have bent forks and ape hangers, just about to fit a banana seat.

be good to come cruise with you one weekend and reunite these long lost brothers,

lol

 

[Baron von Zach]

i have the same dyno deluxe too.
shes a beauty, mine is a lil more custom now, or will be when its finished.
i have bent forks and ape hangers, just about to fit a banana seat.

be good to come cruise with you one weekend and reunite these long lost brothers,

lol

Yes, that would be superb. Show me pics!

 

[Blunderbuss pirate]

not a great pic but that how it was last summer.

 

[KOTA]

WELCOME! Nothing feeble about ANY of those bikes! Can't wait to see the Aluminator.

 

[Boris]

Beautifull bikes youve got there Baron!

 

[Baron von Zach]

not a great pic but that how it was last summer.

Whoa! Where did you get the frame?

 

[Markm]

welcome :mrgreen:

 

[Blunderbuss pirate]

i got it as a whole bike. i still have the the original fenders and chain guard bars,forks, tires etc in my garage.

the bars, and forks are the only changed things from the original bike.

ill try and find a pic from when it was original or one day when i got some spare time ill just rebuild it for a lil photo shoot

you said they were rare and i know yours is the only other one ive seen, and i know you cant even find a pic on google of one. i got it about 8 years ago almost brand new from a bike shop i worked in, a guy came in and asked if we could sell it for him. i gave him £200 for the bike, he said it was imported.

 

[Baron von Zach]

i got it as a whole bike. i still have the the original fenders and chain guard bars,forks, tires etc in my garage.

the bars, and forks are the only changed things from the original bike.

ill try and find a pic from when it was original or one day when i got some spare time ill just rebuild it for a lil photo shoot

you said they were rare and i know yours is the only other one ive seen, and i know you cant even find a pic on google of one. i got it about 8 years ago almost brand new from a bike shop i worked in, a guy came in and asked if we could sell it for him. i gave him £200 for the bike, he said it was imported.

Would be interesting to see how it looked stock. Mine is a 'warranty' frame, that I got from a guy in Ohio. All I had to start with was the bare frame.

 

[Baron von Zach]

WELCOME! Nothing feeble about ANY of those bikes!

Hey, thanks m8!

Can't wait to see the Aluminator.

You will never believe this - me neither. And as a matter of fact, I'm building two of these. But as you may know, with things like these everything must be either custom made, or altered. I will keep you all posted with the buildup. I think there is a section in this forum for stuff like this.

 

[Rat Rod]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Blunderbuss pirate]

i got it as a whole bike. i still have the the original fenders and chain guard bars,forks, tires etc in my garage.

the bars, and forks are the only changed things from the original bike.

ill try and find a pic from when it was original or one day when i got some spare time ill just rebuild it for a lil photo shoot

you said they were rare and i know yours is the only other one ive seen, and i know you cant even find a pic on google of one. i got it about 8 years ago almost brand new from a bike shop i worked in, a guy came in and asked if we could sell it for him. i gave him £200 for the bike, he said it was imported.

Would be interesting to see how it looked stock. Mine is a 'warranty' frame, that I got from a guy in Ohio. All I had to start with was the bare frame.

wow maybe it is rarer than i thought. yeah at some point when i get another frame ill put it back to stock and restore it as time has taken its tool a lil on the paint work.

 

[Blunderbuss pirate]

ive spend about and hour looking online and cant find a thing on this deluxe. i can find all the other models of the glide deluxe but this one.

sombody must know about them.

 

[Baron von Zach]

ive spend about and hour looking online and cant find a thing on this deluxe. i can find all the other models of the glide deluxe but this one.

sombody must know about them.

I can't even find a lot on the other models. OK, the Von Franco Taboo Tiki is 'officially' sought after and on the radar of the mainstream collectors (sic). But I find it really weird that one of the nicest looking frames is at the same time a tad obscure. I really would like to get more of these frames. In fact, I'm negotiating with a guy to get them repopped here in England. I have been talking to whoever Dyno/GT/whatever is nowadays and they don't want to know.

 

[Blunderbuss pirate]

i found this on here
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7535&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=15
ive asked if he knows anymore about it, just waiting for a reply

but thats the same as i got mine, completely stock.

deff have to restore mine at some point.

 

[Baron von Zach]

i found this on here
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7535&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=15
ive asked if he knows anymore about it, just waiting for a reply

but thats the same as i got mine, completely stock.

deff have to restore mine at some point.

Wow, I can't believe how close to stock I actually am. And I built it with absolutely nothing to go by.

 

[Blunderbuss pirate]

yea i was surprised when you said you had never seen a stock one

 

[Gold Street Customs]

Nice collection , and welcome to the madness :lol:

 

[Boris]

Hey Baron and Wes there is a Dyno Delux on England ebay at mo, not sure about protocol on this forum about putting ebay item links up but easy to find..... looks canny and no bids...but quite a trek from both of you!