RRBBO13 The Skylark

[G-Matt]

I’m calling this build The Sky Lark after my old muscle car.
I had a 1970 Buick Sky Lark as a kid in high school. It had a big block 350 Rocket motor . What a fun car maybe a little to much fun for a kid with a lead foot . I wrapped it around a tree one night & killed it . Almost killed my self also but out of the smoke and twisted metal I walked away .
Now the Skylark will live on also !!!!

I’ve had some old SkyLark badges for awhile . So of course I had to use them . Stay tuned I will be posting pictures laters today of what I’m cooken up ......

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[The Renaissance Man]

Interesting, I had considered a Skylark for the build-off myself!

 

[OddJob]

RaT oN G ! Looking forward to it.

 

[kingfish254]

Are you going the Muscle Bike route?

 

[G-Matt]

Interesting, I had considered a Skylark for the build-off myself!

Don’t let the name be confused with the frame [emoji6]


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[G-Matt]

Are you going the Muscle Bike route?

No Not really a muscle bike , more like a vintage rat with some tweaks , a stretch & plenty of doo-dads


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[kingfish254]

Let the doodadery begin!!!

 

[G-Matt]

So this the frame a 1960s Ross fright liner. What I would like to do is cut the back half off and Stretch it a bit with a loop tail. Like the rubber hose I have attached. Hopefully I can find a tubing bender to make it work . I do have some friends in the metal business but not sure if they have a tubing bender so still scratching my head at this point.

I also have a tank for it that will work with a bit of tweaking.
I got it from King Fish a couple years ago .

Hopefully I can make this bee hive work . It’s also not a perfect fit but then again not much is on this pile
Of parts . I know I have some more miss matched scrap metal in the little shop I will be try to turn into a one off Rat Bike [emoji232][emoji232][emoji242]



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[Scribble]

Interesting I like it, I'll be watching for sure.

 

[Rat Rod]

I've got a soft spot for 70 Buicks. I owned a 70 Skylark as well as this GS...

 

[kingfish254]

Cool stretch plan.
Are you going to angle back the seattube as well?

 

[Funkme]

Love the tank already, some nice ideas.

 

[Chad T]

Looks like a cool plan G Matt! Sounds like there might be some field trips involved.

 

[V8Ben]

Pretty JC Higgins fork ! Good start anyway

 

[G-Matt]

I've got a soft spot for 70 Buicks. I owned a 70 Skylark as well as this GS...

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Beautiful car man there just something about a old Buick [emoji1303]


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[G-Matt]

Cool stretch plan.
Are you going to angle back the seattube as well?

You got it [emoji1303]


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[G-Matt]

So after giving my frame idea some more thought. I haven’t any luck finds a tubing bender . Also with limited time & a bunch of parts that will have to be modified to fit . I decide to just extend the drop outs.
This will allow me to stretch the rear of the frame about 3 1/2 inches and allowed me to run a little bit wider tire because it’s a pretty tight fit back there. I’m trying to give the backend of the bike a little bit of a car look & also a little bit of the Skylark Birdtail look .

 

[yoothgeye]

I'm watching, I like this.

 

[G-Matt]

Chop time !
We all like pictures so why waist words [emoji6]
[emoji232] on the

A picture is worth a thousand words
Or at least that’s what I’ve herd . [emoji12]


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[kingfish254]

I like where this is going.
Glad you won't get bogged down waiting on the looptail idea. The drop mocks look great.