My 1st pan

Today my original panhead turned up for some work. It pretty much as i built her and it got sold to Pete. He has got a problem with his leg and at time i said if he couldn't start her i wouldn't sell. Anyway having shown him what to do, he manages to fire her 1st time virtually every time. He's had many years and has proved to be ultra reliable and is starting to age well. Still got a bit of a soft spot for her. She won a best paint award at some show which is very amusing considering its a rattle can job.

 

Company car

Over the dark winter nights i've been working on the new company car, its obviously taken considerably longer than i would of liked. Its a 47 Ford super deluxe coupe done with a military tongue in cheek stylely. It features 350/350 combo for reliabilty, s10 front clip, ladder bar rear on transverse spring and panhard.

 

gettin there

Its all the little bits now. Wiring, cables, footboards etc etc. Pretty she aint, dirty she is, ive decided get her up and run in with original ignition and then put magneto on once she done a few miles. It now got Ian's original chrome linkert rebuilt from the love bike which is probably way to nice for her, with unknown bird catcher,buco enclosed chain guard, strange bars from ebay, one off pipes and few dress up and down items

       

more dirtiness

starting to look like a bike finally

making some progress now on 45

Its all starting to go together

continuing dirty knucklehead 45

Now body work is painted it time to start putting it together. I'm using as many original cp bolts as i can find. They just add to the down and dirty look of the thing really and of course they fit.