BOTEN - The Bonneville Roadster FINISHED!

[drabe]

Oh yeah, I forgot I took this video the other day too. Hold your ears though, I didn't account for wind noise, lol!
Hopefully this works...

 

[G-Matt]

Really cool and classy retro stretch cruiser ...


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[KJV]

Sweet. I like the pic with ,
Road Closed ,sign.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

I really like this photo:

I love the cobalt blue light reflections!

 

[DesignIt]

This bike is totally amazing to see in person! Beautiful build. It looks like it's going fast just sitting still... or maybe looking for a drag race.

 

[KJV]

All the pics are great.
This beauty looks like,
It's going 100mph:
Sitting still.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Good looking bike! Thanks for posting the video!

Luke.

 

[irideiam]

Nice work Dave, it was great to see the detail in person and how well it rides...not just a super sweet show bike but a very good rider............which gets my vote hands down.....

 

[Ichoptop]

just a friendly FYI. the gold v8 pin came off a 53 not a 54. It was the 50th anniversary of Ford and most of the cars got one. .

Time for more details!
The rear fender had this hole in the center, for what I don't know, but I had a solution!



I've had this emblem for years, it came off of a '54 Ford glove box door. I had used it as a hat pin for the longest time.



Here you can see a little mounting boss. Rather than grind it off, I decided to use it like Ford intended.



Here's a little trick for drilling a blind hole. First I laid a strip of tape across the fender just below the hole.



I swiped some of my wife's old lipstick (with her permission of course!) and marked the boss on the back of the emblem.



Then just press the emblem against the tape...



And there you have it, now just center punch and drill!



Done!

 

[Chad T]

Didn't see this one done until the finished thread. Really killer bike. Nice work!

 

[drabe]

just a friendly FYI. the gold v8 pin came off a 53 not a 54. It was the 50th anniversary of Ford and most of the cars got one. .

Thanks for the schooling, that's a detail I did not know. The '52-'54 Fords were otherwise identical except for minor grille changes. I still have the headlight rings and bezels from that car!

 

[Ichoptop]

I have had several. Grill, turn signals,and tail light lenses were different.

 

[ind-chuckz]

I hear ya John......Dave did a sweet job...Got my vote!!!

Nice work Dave, it was great to see the detail in person and how well it rides...not just a super sweet show bike but a very good rider............which gets my vote hands down.....