Billy Bobber

[Captain Awesome]

I have a vision in my head of the bars I made angling forward from the top of the head tube with pretty much a 0 degree rise and reach, keeping everything tight and low. While looking for a decent looking stem to do so I came across this one. I've never seen one like it before. I think with the single bolt it will look really clean. Guess we'll see when it gets here.View attachment 157629

Source?

 

[billy bob customs]

Source?

Used on ebay

 

[billy bob customs]

Last night I was sitting on the couch, feet propped up, drink in my hand thinking about this build, and the idea of adding a number plate popped into my head. After a little web surfing I came across the Huffy Thunder bikes that came with the plate in the middle of the frame.

This morning I came down to the shop and and cut out a standard size 9x11 oval plate and taped it in place.

Needless to say, I got a couple on the way...

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Lol you'd better make at least 50 of em! A few builders gonna want those...

 

[billy bob customs]

Lol you'd better make at least 50 of em! A few builders gonna want those...

Cut up donut boxes with sharpie art? No problem...
Although that's an awful lot of donuts I'm gonna have to eat

 

[OddJob]

That's real nice surprize, Clark. Real nice.

 

[billy bob customs]

That's real nice surprize, Clark. Real nice.

Gonna have to get me some of those cousin Eddie white shoes to go with my white tires

 

[kingfish254]

I like the number plate idea supported in the middle.

 

[billy bob customs]

I like the number plate idea supported in the middle.

Thank you. I think it will go well with what I have visioned in my head.

 

[toro1978]

Maybe cut it through the plate instead of painting it? The holes in the plate being in the shape of the actual numbers, you know what I mean.

 

[billy bob customs]

Maybe cut it through the plate instead of painting it? The holes in the plate being in the shape of the actual numbers, you know what I mean.

I do know what you mean and that's not a bad idea. Thank you for the input.

 

[billy bob customs]

I was busy last weekend doing car show things but did manage to get a little free time this morning to work on my seatpost. I looked at the bike for a while and since I want the bars and seat to be low and sleek decided to make the top bar seam as if it extends back over the seatpost tube. You'll get what I mean when you see the pics. I dug out some scrap pieces of 7/8" thickwall pipe and some 1" thinwall. The following is todays venture...

I cut the top of the seatpost tube flush and used a die grinder to hog out downward so the new seatpost top fits flush.

I then used the thinwall 1" to sleeve over the seatpost to make it the same diameter as the top tube.
As for the seatpost, I cut at a 45 degree angle, beveled the edges, welded it up, ground down the weld, and lightly hammerd it into the frame.

I plan on welding the sleeve to the flame and plug welding the seatpost down the setpost tube in a few spots. I'm not sure what seat I'm going to use so this is where I'm going to leave it for now. The seat in the pics is a Brooks cambium c19 off a different bike I have. I want to use a leather saddle that has the dropdown sides so it will cover the clamp. So now the search for a seat begins...

In case anyone is wondering what I took to a carshow, here is a picture of my 1963 Datsun NL320. 1 of approximately 1,000 produced.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Love the seat post! Great thinking!

The Datsun is cool too. I've never heard of it before.

 

[Captain Awesome]

Rad seat post mod. Even more rad Datsun

Transport steelies tucked under there?

 

[billy bob customs]

Love the seat post! Great thinking!

The Datsun is cool too. I've never heard of it before.

Thank you

 

[billy bob customs]

Rad seat post mod. Even more rad Datsun

Transport steelies tucked under there?

Thank you, they are centerline smoothies. No longer produced

 

[OddJob]

Superb work on that top tube seat post mod!
My first car was a 1970 Datsun B510 wagon. That car took me, and most of my stuff, everywhere I wanted to go for 5 years. I donated it back to the mechanic school at our local vo-tech where I had originally purchased it as a used, six year old vehicle. It needed a lot of work. Because I had A LOT of fun with that car!

 

[kingfish254]

Wicked idea on the seatpost!!! So smooth.
That Datsun is a showstopper! Such a clean build!

 

[billy bob customs]

Superb work on that top tube seat post mod!
My first car was a 1970 Datsun B510 wagon. That car took me, and most of my stuff, everywhere I wanted to go for 5 years. I donated it back to the mechanic school at our local vo-tech where I had originally purchased it as a used, six year old vehicle. It needed a lot of work. Because I had A LOT of fun with that car!

Thank you and that's awesome. I had a b510 wagon when my oldest son (now 29) was a year or two old. Drove that thing everywhere. I don't remember what ever happened to it. Probably sold it.

 

[billy bob customs]

Wicked idea on the seatpost!!! So smooth.
That Datsun is a showstopper! Such a clean build!

Thank you! The little pickup definitely draws a crowd wherever I take it.