Build Off 17 Highlight Thread

[kingfish254]

Big BO17 highlight for me has been @MattiThundrrr doing such a great job as announcer/promoter here on the highlight thread!!! Big shoutout brother!

 

[Frankie plekhand]

Check out the craftmanship on these lugs of @GTHOtrod , they don't build stuff like this anymore!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

That LoCo crew in the south are making the dream world over at Dr. Tankenstein's thread

Killer work by team LoCoMoFo!!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Just figured out that I don't have to link threads, just hit the quote and the magic interwebs fairies will take you there

 

[Captain Awesome]

Just figured out that I don't have to link threads, just hit the quote and the magic interwebs fairies will take you there

 

[kingfish254]

Just figured out that I don't have to link threads, just hit the quote and the magic interwebs fairies will take you there

Ah, great tip! I didn't know that either!

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

That LoCo crew

LoCo = Pseudonym for Longmont, Colorado

Just Sayin

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I believe the King's use refers to Low Country, something to do with the area he, Cap, Dr T and Skydreamer live in.
But also, Loco Mofos!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Hold my beer:

Some old Razor BMX bar and stem and some rusty newsboy bars

And then somehow we wound up

Now we're getting pernicious!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Ok a quick mock-up.

Late start, quick out of the gate!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

This is worth looking at.

improvised slide hammer using a stuck welding rod, lifting weight, vice grip and red hot heat

Now I've got ideas

 

[us56456712]

This is worth looking at.

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Now I've got ideas

I think you could make a better one from a thrift store cheap hardly or not working drill. I think a keyed chuck from one might be able to be welded on to a shaft and stops and a T handle also welded on to make a slide hammer that could be chucked onto the welding rod. You could use a heavier weight for the slide. I stood on the frame so the force was applied only to the dent. I tacked on two sides of the stuck rod. It didn’t come off, I had to grind it off.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Vin-New is taking some great snaps of a really good looking build

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I like the beefiness

Agreed.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

A really go fast part

Going to use where the tank should be

A huge portion of what I like about this place is getting ideas from others that you never would have considered. Repurposed rat parts are the coolest!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

HandyAndy applying the secret sauce!

Oil Rubbed Bronze sprayed over Copper paint. Then Arby's Horsey Sauce applied (no mustard) and top coat of Dark Steel applied.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

More info on Andy's light fantastic:

a cheap landscape light from Walmart. Uses a Double A battery. Normally a rechargeable battery kept alive with the Solar panel. I removed the panel and ground spike. Moved the battery holder into the light body shell and added the ribbed lens from a junk bicycle headlight.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Click click BOOOOM!

Shifter options for the Hellion

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I laced up the front wheel using gold spokes I had saved from my ORBO build Second Helping. I'm going to order some more gold spokes for the rear 20".

Wildcat putting up pure class in Class 2

 

[Shrunken_Head_Pedaler]

Hahaha! You devil

Click click BOOOOM!
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Thanks @MattiThundrrr