Gang Green

[Kreep]

Started making the custom seat & chassis. Cut up a newer electra seat that had a broken pan. Cut up another 80's cruiser seat because I liked the idea of the long springs. Pulled out some metalic green leather that I have been holding on to. All will be distressed to fit the part.

Cut the springs from the chassis. Made spacer rings out the old chassis to fit the new one.

I don't know why some pictures are uploading sideways, tilt your head I guess

Just sat the pan on top of the chassis for a quick idea of the look. I really like the way that it's going to be tucked into the pan.

Hopefully have some time tomorrow to do some more work.
-B.J. -

 

[Chad T]

Seat looks awesome. Can't wait to see the green on there.

 

[Fv2]

+1

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Cool seat work!

Luke.

 

[assa9]

digging the custom seat!!!! gives me inspiration for my own projects

 

[OneHorsePower]

awesome how you dropped that seat
i steal you this idea on a future build

 

[Kreep]

Thanks everyone!

If you haven't noticed, this build will be quite random. As I'm trying to do what I csn, when I can. Also, making sure all the pieces will eventually work.

Started to cut up the Phantom frame to start the transformation process. One of the cantilever bars fell apart due to being made entirely of rust! That will be fixed and still maintain the rust.

More next week!
-B.J.-

 

[Kreep]

Busy as heck over the weekend, but made some time to get some stuff done. Hopefully I can recap it all.
Firstly, I noticed that the donor frame is the exact same year and month as the 52' phantom frame.

Started cutting the pieces from the donor frame and filling the Phantom holes

Started to do some more work on the derailleur peice. Now ready to go as the actuator lever for the gas shock.

Hand filling the "C" clip groove beacuse I don't trust myself with any other tool for this job.

Final piece for the shock actuator made out of 4 derailleurs

Took a break and did something different. Got the wheels ready to go.
They were so crusty I thought the grease fitting had been broken off. Not the case.

Fully pulled apart and rebuilt.

Luckily everything was in good shape minus the transfer spring ....

But I had a few more on hand.

Fully built and ready to go!

Worked a bit more on the offi e chair. I didn't like the plastic button & niether did my welder. So I cut it out and made a new shaft/ button head.

Had to cut and thread a piece of rod and tap a piece of steel stock to make the release.

Welded the lever into the shock tube... And forgot to take pictures. But did also get the the shock tube and base tacked together to make sure it works.

 

[kingfish254]

Nice ejector seat mechanism.

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Great work and congrats on finding a hide from the rare metallic green cow!

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[Kreep]

Haha! Yeah, we get all kinds down here in Florida.
-B.J.-

 

[G-Matt]

Looking great man , lots cool ideas & fabrication going into your bike. And of course plenty rust & crust . Hope to see it complete & in person next year at r
Rat Rides show [emoji1303]


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[Kreep]

More work on the gas shock piece. Put the pivot tube in.

Needed a piece to go on the end of the shock shaft. Couldn't find one in my stock, so cut a crappy socket in half and welded it to the end.

Cut some rubber from an old seat to make a rubber cushion for when the shock is compressed.

Then plug welded a sleeve onto the socket. The sleeve will now slide down over the base of the shock when it's compressed

Hoping to have the entire piece finished up tomorrow and ready to be installed. Then you should be able to see my diabolical plan come into light.
-B.J. -



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[The Renaissance Man]

Hmmmm.

Hydraulic style lowering?

 

[Kreep]

Hmmmm.

Hydraulic style lowering?

You are in the right mindset...
-B.J. -


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[assa9]

Can't wait to see what this becomes

 

[G-Matt]

This looks like it will be a interesting bike . Keepen in under the radar ....


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[LukeTheJoker]

Looking forward to seeing the next steps to see what is happening here!

Luke.

 

[Kreep]

Worked on the fork. Started with a ladies Hornet fork that I stripped to bare metal.
Painted and did the patina. Started with the green, then painted the black and trimed with white.
Tried to mimic the orginal Phantom fork but obviously not a springer...
While the paint was still wet, I hit it with the torch. Afterwards, tossed it in the creek behind my shop over the weekend.

Then decided that I wanted to lower the fork. Put it in the pipe bender and got about 2" lower. And the fender still fits fine.
Other green fork for comparison

Had to touch up some paint/ patina

Will be making new truss rods soon.

Then addressed the issue of getting cylinder tube ready and installed.
Coated the inside of the downtube with plasti-dip so that it's a snug fit and it's not metal on metal when it moves.

Then tacked the bottom bracket pivot piece in place.

Put the tube in place and got it tacked to the headtube.

Forgot to take pictures of the stationary tube being weled to the end of the gas shock. But did get the overall idea buttoned up.

More frame mods to come, but this is the general idea / geometry, minus the cantilever tubes not being there yet.
More next week! Hopefully with a video soon. Thanks for looking and all the comments!
-B.J. -




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[G-Matt]

Looking good man starting to take shape . Will be staying tuned . [emoji1303]


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