TRADITIONAL Is that a HAWThorne?

[LeMad Hatter]

This is my starting point, a 56-57 Evans Colson Olympic.

I saved it from a landfill about two years ago and it's been sitting ever since.

The fork is bent pretty significantly, but that should be easy enough to fix. I'll get better current condition photos tomorrow after work

 

[Captain Awesome]

Traditional…….

Thought for sure you’d be unlimited

Congrats!!

 

[LeMad Hatter]

Traditional…….

Thought for sure you’d be unlimited

Congrats!!

We can still do two classes, right? If so, I'm going to do that one a little later. Still waiting on parts for that one, some of which are a few weeks out at the earliest

 

[Captain Awesome]

We can still do two classes, right? If so, I'm going to do that one a little later. Still waiting on parts for that one, some of which are a few weeks out at the earliest

Yep

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Love the Olympics and the Evanaction fork!

 

[Skipton]

Great starting point. I’ll be watching.

 

[OddJob]

Cool start! (bike in snow pun intended)

 

[kingfish254]

Most beautiful springer ever in my opinion. That bike is in excellent condition. Looking forward to this one.

 

[Chad T]

Cool looking bike!

 

[Pondo]

Sweet build, looking forward to it!

 

[BobbyStillz]

Evans' are one of my favorites. Excited to see how it polishes up!

 

[LeMad Hatter]

Found some flyers from Evans, one is for the earlier model. This was definitely an expensive bike back in the day.

I also found a cleaner example on the CABE and shamelessly store the pics.

I'm not going to do a period correct, ground up restoration, I want to build this bike to look like it belongs in the future. It's going to have a heavy cyberpunk aesthetic. I'm also going to stretch it out just a little more like I've been doing for years now.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

can I vote now??

 

[LeMad Hatter]

Some inspiration pics for my build. Got a great deal on some EL wire recently, so I'm going to use the tank on the bike for battery storage

 

[BobbyStillz]

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Came for the dystopia, stayed for the rave.

 

[Pondo]

Found some flyers from Evans, one is for the earlier model. This was definitely an expensive bike back in the day.

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I also found a cleaner example on the CABE and shamelessly store the pics.

View attachment 263753View attachment 263754 I'm not going to do a period correct, ground up restoration, I want to build this bike to look like it belongs in the future. It's going to have a heavy cyberpunk aesthetic. I'm also going to stretch it out just a little more like I've been doing for years now.

Love it! I really love what you did with Girty. I'm hoping to find one of those Evans forks someday, they're so cool.

can I vote now??

Haha, me too!

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Ok, now I'm loving this!

 

[Bike from the Dead]

Can't wait to see how you convert that Evans Colson from Atompunk to Cyberpunk!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Love the 9 on the rear fender.

 

[SkyknightJohn]

What an awesome staring point!
What an awesome vision of it’s future!
What a…
… just let’s say I’ll be watching.

 

[LeMad Hatter]

Here she is in the most current condition. I've been hitting every nut and bolt with PB Blaster to make sure disassembly goes easy. Going to strip her down to her bare bones for the next phase of the project. Most of the chrome is shot, but I want to see if the fenders will clean up even just a little