When I was showing the owner the pictures I was showing you of the lights, asking his opinion, I didn’t realize the sissy bar was in the background. I was going to reveal that at the end as a surprise, but the cat is out of the bag.
Mark Stephens is a fabricator in the muscle bike community. I helped him in a small way with answers and suggestions on fabricating tall sissy bars, and he’s taken off with it. He makes some terrific creations and the orders have been flying in.
I had a special challenge for him. In ‘72, Ross kicked the top of their sissy bar back.
I wanted to recreate that to make this bar special for this Barracuda. We also decided to take a crack at suspension, which removes height adjustability, so we’ll see how that works. And lastly, I needed something super special. I sent Mark this picture from the Chainguard from my King Cuda.
And with all that, here’s what I got.
I wanted to “jush it up” a little. So I found this orange gem.
And added it.
The work he did on that fish, etching in the shading, is just extraordinary. It exceeded my expectations!
