Rat Rod Bikes Build Off #17: Let's Go!!

[tvc15]

Thinking a mashup of these

 

[Shrunken_Head_Pedaler]

Excited to get started! This will be my 3rd build off. Always a lot of fun journaling the build process and watching others build their amazing creations. If parts keep coming in, I will build this 1959 Schwinn. Otherwise I will be entering the 26” step through muscle bike which I built in the most recent build off. Complete tear down with insert upgrades and the addition of a parachute. It will also receive a fatter rim for the 3 speed hub. And other small touches. Here are the starting points.
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Drag Chute for the Blue Dream

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Feline approved!

 

[Cheesy]

I will throw something together in a class or two as well..... Not sure what yet....Will go do a search in the basement this weekend, and see what I come up with

 

[Shrunken_Head_Pedaler]

Feline approved!

I think the feline wants to “chute” from the third floor apartment

 

[gowjobs]

I just spent the last hour or so scrolling through @kingfish254 's https://ratrodbikes.com/forum/threa...s-hidden-in-the-rrb-archives-1817-pics.86356/
thread stealing ideas / getting inspiration for my bbo entry.

 

[Bike from the Dead]

As much as I hate to say it, I think I'll just watch this year's Build Off from the sidelines. I still haven't finished last year's MBBO entry, The Prowler, and I have a couple stock bikes I've had disassembled for at least 2 years now that need to get put back together. I have plenty of bikes I could enter into this year's Build Off, but I need to finish the bikes I've already started first.

 

[Mr. Monkeyarms]

Those Lance posters are kind of cool.

Thanks! I thought they were cool. Especially for the price. I'm giving the "Ride with Lance" posters to my uncle who is a life long roadie. He rode with the Grewals, Andy Hampsten, some other pros from the way back. I'll keep the one from the Trek store. It's just too bad how things ended for him.

(I apologize for not replying earlier.)

 

[Skipton]

Skipton.... build a camper already! hahaha

Camper with a bike roof rack

 

[Palepainter]

Pulled this one down from “The Tree of Whoa”. It’s really mangled, but my favorite frame style, May have to get busy on this one as well as the truck. Probably a class 2 candidate

 

[Wildcat]

Other than the seat tube missing, it looks fairly straight. Any idea what it is?

 

[RustyGold]

Pre-war Shelby 'Y-frame'.

 

[Palepainter]

Other than the seat tube missing, it looks fairly straight. Any idea what it is?

Hehehe, It is so far from straight. But salvagable I suspect. It’s a 30s shelby built Flyer. Messed around with digital rendering last eve

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Pulled this one down from “The Tree of Whoa”. It’s really mangled, but my favorite frame style, May have to busy on this one as well as the truck. Probably a class 2 candidate View attachment 190391View attachment 190392View attachment 190393View attachment 190394View attachment 190395View attachment 190396

What year is your beetle?

 

[Palepainter]

What year is your beetle?

71 Super chopped and converted into pickup.

 

[ParkRNDL]

This is my most likely candidate:

1964 Murray Strato Flite. Picked it up at the bike swap in Westminster, MD in February. It's not all working, but it's all there, right down to the wiring for the horn and light. At the very least, it will get some fresh grease and new tires/tubes, pedals, grips, and seat. Cosmetically, I probably won't go much further than knocking off the top layer of rust to show off that deep-down vintage rust that lies just beneath the surface.

If I get inspired, though, I might go a little restomod with it. I'm not all that crazy about getting the original D-cell lights working, but I might try to update them to LEDs and maybe find a creative way to update the horn too, if I can keep it all concealed in the original tank. I also wouldn't be averse to updating the wheelset to something with a multispeed coaster if the opportunity presents itself.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Murray Strato Flite you say...
Spaceliner dressed up funny. But cool you've got the tank. Some nimrod stole the tank off my Spaceliner before I found it. I see you have the cool UFO tail light too.
Mines just hangin' in the garage waiting, I thought about tearing it down but we've got a ridiculous amount of build time. So it'll wait. Flightliner donor is chillin' below.

Carl.

 

[ParkRNDL]

Murray Strato Flite you say...
Spaceliner dressed up funny. But cool you've got the tank. Some nimrod stole the tank off my Spaceliner before I found it. I see you have the cool UFO tail light too.
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Carl.

oh yeah! I noticed in your earlier post that you had the same style frame to work with. Your paint and chrome appears to be in much better shape, and man is that guard coooooool.....

 

[NIMAL PATRICK]

salut a tous ,j’espère que vous allez tous bien? Je ne sais pas encore si je vais pouvoir participer au build 17...Mais j'avais en tête la construction d'un vélo
diggers très marqué 70 ,alors a voir..
A bientôt PAT

 

[RustyGold]

Hope you join in...your take on a drag bike would be cool !