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extreme_accordion
Apr 9, 2009
I haven't logged into SA in a while... wonder how AI is doing.
LobsterboyX thread 20/30 pages... omg... time to catch up!

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randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

Boaz MacPhereson posted:

Man, you must have a shitload of surplus speakers to offload.

And free candy.

LobsterboyX
Jun 27, 2003
I want to eat my chicken.

Darchangel posted:

Oh, cool! Is that the Hasbro Pulse replica, or a custom built prop?
I really wanted to buy the Hasbro one, with the amount of detail they put into it, what with having access to the original props and all, but $$ and I don't have any space. It could even be disassembled like the one in Afterlife, and could make noises from either that movie or the original.

It's really an amazing thing.. I have a "real" deal one too - I started collecting parts for one like 10 years ago - I have it mostly mocked up and most everything is the real deal stuff. Back when I worked in SFX we'd have these build days where we'd build prop replica stuff, and parts were easier to come by when you knew and worked with hardcore builder nerds. I met a dear friend of mine in that circle, he owns a real Ecto-1 that is at its core a 59 Cadillac.

I need to find some extra time to complete mine..



pic from a long long time ago

but anyway as for that Haslab thing - I wish I had bought a few of them, they're going nutty on ebay.

Darchangel
Feb 12, 2009

Tell him about the blower!


Oh, heck yeah, Rocketeer jet pack. They *nailed* the styling on that.

boxen
Feb 20, 2011
I rewatched The Rocketeer over the weekend and yeah I gotta say, the styling and aesthetics of that movie are top-notch.

LobsterboyX
Jun 27, 2003
I want to eat my chicken.
When I said this stuff is NOS, its truly all NOS stuff... holy poo poo...



these injector plates are RAD



never been opened



So that car continues to fight me, the battery took a dump- the water was low, filled it with distilled and put it on the charger - fingers crossed...

PainterofCrap
Oct 17, 2002

hey bebe



Good lord. It beautiful!

In a perfect world, I’d try to buy two of them: one to install, one to hold pristine.

LobsterboyX
Jun 27, 2003
I want to eat my chicken.
MUH MUH MUH MEEEGGGAAA SCORE....

Man, I was just talking about this kind of thing the other day to some friends, its been a long time since I've hit a score like this and say what you will about "putting it out there" - but I did, and we came up.

For the longest time I was really in to bicycle collecting, I loved how much easier it was to store them than cars and they are another very functional antique to collect.

the majority of early photos I have on Imgur is stuff like this..



and



and



and



and it started to get out of control..





While my wife shared my love of this, it was really hard to find her a bike that would fit her and she was never the most confident rider, so I found her a 1940s 24" girls bike that was all decked out. it was super cool, very deluxe but it wasn't super unique.

We do have a really unique pair of 1936 Montgomery Wards Duralium bikes - this was the first bicycle to be mass produced out of aluminum - there were others before it, but these were the first consumer grade variants. These are incredibly rare, and the fact that we have a his and hers set of them is pretty cool - the only trouble is that they really aren't tough enough to be ridden anyone over 100 lbs.. you can ride them down the block, but the probability of them breaking bending or cracking is very very high. because of this, I've never really fully assembeled them, we're missing a few parts, but these are very back burner..

at the height of my manic collecting, I got one of the holy grail bikes




during the build process

the Hiawatha Arrow..

These are some of the most desirable bikes, they sell for small fortunes. now, let me be clear about this - mine is not an original ORIGINAL bike - its been pieced together, it has wrong parts, its not a "numbers matching" bike by any means - the main focus is the seat - its unique to this bike and as you may be able to see they have 2 beehive looking horizontal springs under the seat frame - there are shapes of these saddles, boys which is physically larger with a longer "nose" and the girls which has a shorter nose and is smaller. IF you can find one of these seats, boys or girls, you automatically have a $500-700 bike seat. If its a nice boys seat, they can go from 800-1000 bucks without fail.

here's its slightly more desirable a brother, the Shelby Airflow featuring said seat..



you can see that mine is lacking a lot of details that make them worth the big bucks LIKE the seat.

the goal was clear - I needed to have a matching set of these for me and my wife.

so I found her a frame... and paid up for it.. .I think these pics could be on an old computer, but I found this one on the net, this was not actually the one...



my goal was to never pay these crazy prices people were asking for these bikes, because at the end of the day, they are kids toys from the past. I started really violating my rule near the end. My bike is pretty complete and ridable and this one isnt - finding era correct stuff for this bike for her was proving to be a bit of a struggle and it was costly.

Shortly thereafter my career really started to take on a new form, I realized I had a real problem with this stuff, I was letting these nice original paint bikes sit outside and rot, I was really consumed and one swapmeet I went to, me and a guy got in to it over something so stupid and small that I really had to pump the brakes hard on it. In the depths of my mania I had collected over 70 bikes - I have one rear end and one pair of legs.

I started to sell off my collection except for a choice few that I still own. Some I regret, but whatever. one of the ones to go was her shelby project - I sold the frame alone for $500 bucks, and I actually had tracked down a girls horizontal spring seat that I sold for 500 bucks as well, so if your keeping track, thats a $1000 incomplete girls bike.

for reference, you can get a very cool, pristine, original paint, super deluxe girls bike from the 30s-50s for half that cost...

see?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2348686787...ABk9SR7Cl_dC9YQ

since then I've had a lot more healthy obsession with it and I only strike at truly amazing deals, and they still find me... just not in the way that they once did.

Anyway... that was a long lead up.

Sunday we went to a local flea market that we've been known to haunt - we made it the whole swap, see a booth that had old toys and my son went bonkers, in trying to keep out of "you break it you buy it" trouble with a toddler at a flea market, she was pretty occupied. I looked up and saw a bike in the back of the pickup truck, the first thing I saw was those horizontal springs - I walked up to it and looked closer - A complete shelby airflow girls bike....

I said to the lady standing there "how much for the shelby?" - the price she told me basically put me in shock and before I knew it I was walking away with this. I paid pocket change.










Anyway - now we have the matching mayhem and both of us are looking forward to getting back to riding old bikes again.

StormDrain
May 22, 2003

Thirteen Letter
Hell yeah excited for your find!

Can we talk about those grips though?

PainterofCrap
Oct 17, 2002

hey bebe



Aw man, excellent score! You going to strip it & re-paint?

StormDrain posted:

Can we talk about those grips though?

It’s a girl’s bike.

boxen
Feb 20, 2011

PainterofCrap posted:


It’s a girl’s bike.

More people need to try new things.

everdave
Nov 14, 2005
Love it. So cool

Darchangel
Feb 12, 2009

Tell him about the blower!


PainterofCrap posted:

Aw man, excellent score! You going to strip it & re-paint?

If it's original paint, I'd bet no.

quote:

It’s a girl’s bike.

:quagmire:

ExplodingSims
Aug 17, 2010

RAGDOLL
FLIPPIN IN A MOVIE
HOT DAMN
THINK I MADE A POOPIE


So I really had zero intentions, room, or even really desire to get another car.

But whelp:




The guy I'd bought it from indicated he was just selling the frame, but today he wanted to unload the whole thing. So uh, yay?

It's definitely been hacked up inside and out.
Project Binky level welding this guy was not doing.

But I do really love this body style, and think the Suicide Doors are awesome.

Darchangel
Feb 12, 2009

Tell him about the blower!


I mean, if it's already a bit of a hack job, I wouldn't feel bad about modifying it further...
There's something to be said about something that looks neat but is still modern enough to drive daily and/or easily. Lot of days I don't really care to *work* to "enjoy" a car. Kind of like how you have to do things a certain way or order to "enjoy" certain foods. Yeah, no.

ExplodingSims
Aug 17, 2010

RAGDOLL
FLIPPIN IN A MOVIE
HOT DAMN
THINK I MADE A POOPIE


Darchangel posted:

I mean, if it's already a bit of a hack job, I wouldn't feel bad about modifying it further...
There's something to be said about something that looks neat but is still modern enough to drive daily and/or easily. Lot of days I don't really care to *work* to "enjoy" a car. Kind of like how you have to do things a certain way or order to "enjoy" certain foods. Yeah, no.

Yeah, I think I might just make this the "nice version" that I had in my head for the other one, and just go for the straight restoration of the other one. I did find a running Straight 8 on eBay for relatively cheap.....

Also, Lobsterboy, maybe you can help with actually identifying what this new car is. I can't seem to find a data tag on this one, but based on some Google Research, it looks like this might be a Series 80?
Is there any way to tell besides the body style? The only thing that doesn't seem to line up is that every Series 80 I've seen online has the spare tire carrier mounted on the front fender.
Of course, the fenders on this one seem plenty mangled, so who knows if they're even original.



Either way, with this body style, I really like this look. And even with a more modern drive train under it, de-hot rodding it is something I'd like to do. I really like that burgundy color as well
If I can find fenders like that I think it'd look great.

E.

Not knowing much about Straight 8, does this seem like a good deal?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1659091705...emis&media=COPY

ExplodingSims fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Jan 31, 2023

LobsterboyX
Jun 27, 2003
I want to eat my chicken.
So here's the thing, I'm not as confident with ID'ing 40/41 models, my expertise really is in the 42-48 series.

Here's a few takeaways from my knowledge base that may help you.

There's a very VERY small number of buick enthusiasts under the age of 70 still roaming, but a lot of us can be found on facebook. This rant is so finite in its reach, and there's a lot I take for granted.

If you even have a remote interest in Buick as a brand, do yourself a favor and buy this book.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3537000623...ABk9SR4Tl77fBYQ

Seventy years of Buick is widely known as the bible when it comes to Buicks, it has production numbers, specs and tons of photos that point out the fine nuances between models. I have the book, but I'm so busy with work right now, I'd be hard pressed to sit down and look at it.

A nerd fact that tingles me to no end, there's like 3 cars in this book that do not have photos, but rather illustrations of the car because NO EXAMPLES WERE KNOWN AT THE TIME OF PUBLISHING... my 42 special business coupe is one of them. I can't recall the other ones, but they are equally as rare.

Again this may not be true for 40/41 models but I'll break down the hierarchy as I know it.

but before diving in to the meaning of these we have to look at the engines and models individually- the order I'm listing these is important as well, but can be debated

First the engine: The straight 8 era lasted from 1936 to 1953 there were 2 engines.

Small series: this engine had 2 displacements starting with the 248 and then getting punched out to 263 in 1948

Big series - at 320ci this was the flagship engine, it was physically larger than the small series in every dimension by 4" - the displacment never changed on this engine and was sold thru 1952 only, the 53 big series models used the new "nailhead" v8

here's a 320 block I had awhile back:



as you can see its comically large:



yes thats just shy of 3' long

now the models

Special - these were the entry level buicks, they were the lowest priced models and had the least frills, these were also the small bodied cars, they used the small series engine

Super - this was the entry level big car, usually sharing the same bodies as the bigger roadmasters and limiteds, but with the small body engines and less appointments, these also used the small series engine

Century - The century was dubbed "the bankers hot rod" as they were higher priced cars. These cars had the small body with all the appointments and the big series engine

Roadmaster - this was the big car with the big motor and was the top of the line car - these are the big boys

wildcards:

the Limited - I believe these were available in 40 and 41- they disappeared for the 42-48 era and were released again in 1958 only.. I also had one of these for a short period of time - as the name suggests these were a limited edition car, they were typically deluxed roadmasters - maybe they had dual sidemounts, different trim, maybe different coachwork ect... these were like the Mercedes AMG of Buicks - fun fact about the 1958 Limited - they were more expensive than any cadillac made in the 58 model year except the Cadillac Brougham - maybe I'll necromance Fleetwood75 to do a writeup on the Brougham

and last but not least the 80 series limos - typically all the fun of a roadmaster or limited, just bigger and limoy


Here's where things get hazy.. There are A B and C bodies for these cars, A being the smallest, B being the mid size and C being the big mama - I believe the 80 series is considered a limo and may be classified as a D body. There are also wagons, they were made by another company besides Fisher - these wagons have their own lore and if anyone gives a gently caress, ill talk about those too.

A bodys were the small cars, these typically shared body styles with Chevy - this was the Special series. for example... heres my 42 buick special businees coupe - its an A body..



heres a 42 chevy coupe



is it exact? no.. there are some differences, but the main structure looks pretty much the same....

now... am I 100% sure about this? no - but I really have nothing to go on to tell me otherwise - a friend of mine had a chevy coupe that he was flipping and I got to really examine it - there were more than a few details that had me scratching my head - I WISH i had a tape measure on me when I was looking at it, he sold it the next drat day before I could look at it again.... I recently got in to a debate with a guy on facebook that opened my eyes to the fact that there are 2 "sizes" of fastbacks in my era... i was blown away, this guy was digging out fisher body books..

B body cars - heres the hazy - these were typically specials AND centurys - different years, different models.. each make had their own version of this body I think this is what your car is

C body cars - these are roadmasters and supers - no debate here.

so without this grand nerdery or the TLDR version

Special - small body small motor - $

Super - big body small motor - $$

Century - small body big motor - $$$

Roadmaster & limited - big body, big motor fancy - $$$$$

80 series - limo - $$$$$$$$

your car doesn't share a chevy body, I think its a B body, just from what I've seen and what I know.

here's the comical part.

in my era of car, you can tell the difference between models by looking at the front fenders - my car is a roadmaster that shares the body with a super..

heres my car:



heres a super



see the difference?

my front fenders and hood are 4" longer to facilitate the big series motor

again, I don't know the 40/41 era well enough, but to me, those front fenders look pretty long, almost disproportional to the car - I think that car may have been a Century..

ExplodingSims
Aug 17, 2010

RAGDOLL
FLIPPIN IN A MOVIE
HOT DAMN
THINK I MADE A POOPIE


Wow, that's quite the writeup.

I really appreciate the primer on the Buicks Gere, and I went ahead and ordered the book you linked there, so I guess in a few days we'll if I can figure it out.

And, uh, if you're still in a writing mood I'd love to hear about the wagons there.

randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)



Jesus dude, you need to learn how to tag porn with spoiler stuff. Pretty sure I just ripped my pants :sigh:

everdave
Nov 14, 2005
Not sure where else to post old weird Buicks…

McTinkerson
Jul 5, 2007

Dreaming of Shock Diamonds


I want to also thank you for the Buick writeup as one of the "younger" weirdos who loves them.

I swear you're the reason I have this but it's worth sharing again.

LobsterboyX
Jun 27, 2003
I want to eat my chicken.

everdave posted:

Not sure where else to post old weird Buicks…



oh... professional cars....







I really do like pro cars - I've known a lot of people who have them, but I've never personally owned one. I palled around with a hearse club for awhile. Now-a-days I have a very fickle relationship with them, mostly because of this particular one...


prior to taking these photos, the last time I had seen this particular car was a cold rainy day at Hollywood Forever cemetery nearly 18 years ago. We had followed this black and purple hearse from a church with its owner at the wheel and his late wife... in the back...

They were a sweet couple, she was a lot older than him, but they really did love each other. This was the only time I had ever associated an actual person with one of these cars, and it was very difficult to see. Long story short, this car disappeared shortly after that, as did my dear friend and any recollection of that day.

FF to a few months ago when these pics were taken. It honestly creeeped me out. it was like seeing a ghost.

So pro-cars are kinda gray-area for me right now. When this car disappears from my life again, which it will, I think I'll be able to embrace them a bit more again.

but the tech talk portion of this is pretty cool.

Companies provided stripped chassis versions of their cars to coachbuilders that would build these things. There were lots of them that produced a lot of pretty cool ones. Flxible (yes F L X I B L E) was mostly known for their work with buicks. They were also known for making busses. Of course my bias says these are beautiful, but they did some very funky stuff.



most notably adding needed height in the hoods of these cars.

They are very very funky and have downright comical proportions.



here's some great reading on this silly rear end company: http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/f/flxible/flxible3.htm

Anyway, I've spent a lot of time in and around these things... my absolute favorite one..

To retain some anonymity,



It's got a lot of parts from the real deal, its been used as a stand-in for the real deal, yes I've driven it, its probably the most accurate one out there, its extremely nerve wracking to drive, I did cry when I drove it, the owner is an amazing guy.



McTinkerson posted:

I want to also thank you for the Buick writeup as one of the "younger" weirdos who loves them.

I swear you're the reason I have this but it's worth sharing again.


I have to find my actual copies of that and other brochures - IIRC that one folds open to a big poster of all the models - There were very few actual photos of the cars in the brochures - I cant help but think Harley Earl approved each illustration only after telling the illustrators "make them lower, wider and longer"

Thumposaurus
Jul 24, 2007

People get weird about hearses my partners mother has flat out told us we are never allowed to bring it to her house. She has a bad memory of her father being driven to the cemetery in a similar model.

Being that we are in the DC area and her house is in Arkansas it's kind of not a problem really. When we first got it we thought it might make a good road trip sled for that drive.

PainterofCrap
Oct 17, 2002

hey bebe



Neil Young's hearse was a '48 Roadmaster

my turn in the barrel
Dec 31, 2007

I know you had posted some of your vintage toolboxes and found what I think was a decent deal at goodwill today.



There was what I thought was a jewelry box sitting on a wire cart to be shelved. As I got closer I noticed it was solid and had beefy hardware so I figued it might be an antique shooting range case.



I looked closer and it said Sir William Cosmetics and Marilyn E Bennett on an engraved plate so I was guessing it was a cosmetic rep salesman's case.



But on closer inspection it must have been a well heeled cosmetic company because it's actually a Gerstner Journeyman Tool Chest.






Missing the Key and labelled with model 168C on the bottom which I can't find a reference to online so I'm wondering if it was custom ordered for the cosmetic company as I'm sure they didn't want the Machinists book if they were using them for cosmetics sales.



I hit it with some scratch cover and will throw some paste wax on later.



Was $15 a good deal ?

randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

I'm no expert, but I'm gonna say you pretty much stole it. They still sell it for $2300 (not identical, but pretty close).

That engraved plate looks late 80s to 90s though (definitely a computer controlled engraving machine), so I'm gonna guess not as old as you think - they've been making that chest in some form or fashion for nearly 100 years. I'm sure Lobsterboyx knows more than I do on the actual box, but that's a pretty generic engravable plate that you used to be able to pick up from thousands of mall kiosks and trophy stores for $5-10. Can't find anything about the cosmetics company - if it existed.

You can still get a replacement key for it.

You can find other parts here (takes a long time to fully load for me)

If you happen to be in MI, I found an obit for someone with that exact name married to a William. :iiam: Makes me wonder if someone gave it to their wife as a gift, with "Sir William Cosmetics" as a tongue-in-cheek joke. It looks incredibly clean, and probably a lot heavier than what a cosmetics rep would be lugging around.

randomidiot fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Feb 19, 2023

honda whisperer
Mar 29, 2009

Oh my God $15.... used in that shape you could probably get close to 1k for it.

my turn in the barrel
Dec 31, 2007

Based on the dimensions and features it's a model 42 according to their website



Cosmetics company being an Injoke sounds more plausible to me.

I wonder if the wife bought it for a machinist husband or something because it is a very expensive toolbox to be given for something other than it's intended use and the plaque is definitley tacky and cheap for a company to put on anything they would give a rep if they spent that much on the box itself.

It was at the goodwill in Huntley IL across from a del webb retirement community so it's likely to have come from a deceased retirees house.

The chest itself definitely looks 80s or newer production to me.

Update: found a super detailed site that has the stamping info to know it was made in 1980.
https://sites.google.com/site/theguideforwoodmachinistchests/pg-210-gerstner-stencils-nameplates?authuser=0

my turn in the barrel fucked around with this message at 03:04 on Feb 19, 2023

sharkytm
Oct 9, 2003

Ba

By

Sharkytm doot doo do doot do doo


Fallen Rib

my turn in the barrel posted:


Was $15 a good deal ?

There's a rite of passage over on garage journal where people are told "you suck" when they score a great deal.

With great envy and love, I say: You Suck.

sharkytm fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Feb 20, 2023

Big Taint
Oct 19, 2003

Brb going to goodwill

my turn in the barrel
Dec 31, 2007

I would say I'm lucky but I haunt thrift shops, HFH restores and Garage/Estate sales on my lunch breaks.

For every score I probably came up empty handed 20 times but persistence pays off.

I bought a Mid Century Modest 1965 Ranch time capsule house a year ago and have been trying to track down period stuff because MCM is my jam and I'm to lazy/cheap to remodel.

Listing





Progress







I'm know nothing but I must have good taste and have realized that when something catches my eye it's 99% of the time worth buying and figuring out what it is later.

$15 desk at restore



$2 clock at an estate sale



$50 room divider



$15 chairs



Just today I sold these 6 Herman Miller Aeron chairs I scored at HFH restore for $10 each.

Guy took all 6 at $275 each

Etc.. I feel like I'm threadshitting and need to start my own thread

my turn in the barrel fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Feb 20, 2023

everdave
Nov 14, 2005
Yes start a thread somewhere I’d love to see more

DJ Commie
Feb 29, 2004

Stupid drivers always breaking car, Gronk fix car...
I used to take my lunch time and walk to the Goodwill hub store two building down and buy just insane piles of stuff for $1. I'd even carry cash just to buy out people in line for their stuff, most would take it. Its a town with the richest CSU and students rarely leave the area if they can find good work, so there's a lot of quality stuff there. I remember getting a Nortel Alteon 4408 new in the box for $5. Sold for $3400, and buyer drove up from Irvine and paid cash. Got a complete Drake TR-7 from a customer in line for $20 (paid $5 at the register after) and sold it for $1400. A box of 12 Motorola P25 handhelds and handmics in the quickcharger cradle...paid $20 and got $1200. Funny since I had a $15/hr job.


edit: LBX hey if you're doing it this year send me an email username at gmail, a PM here, or find me on FB. I'd love to come by and chat, and also set that Rainbow Hut owner leatherwork thing up if you'd like.

Raluek
Nov 3, 2006

WUT.

my turn in the barrel posted:

I feel like I'm threadshitting

no, but

my turn in the barrel posted:

need to start my own thread

yes anyway. your place rules, you should make a thread. what mid-century car do you have to go with it?

Mr Fish
Nov 16, 2016

Raluek posted:

no, but

yes anyway. your place rules, you should make a thread. what mid-century car do you have to go with it?

This is the question. Rad house man love that era or interior design.

my turn in the barrel
Dec 31, 2007

Raluek posted:

no, but

yes anyway. your place rules, you should make a thread. what mid-century car do you have to go with it?

I had but recently sold my 66 impala 4dr hardtop.

It was a survivor I didn't have the time or cash to play with much anymore.



When I have the finances and time I'd like to track down a 70-72 skylark to teach my son to wrench on.

My taste in motorcycles is 50s but my budget and the fact that I actually put on miles made getting anything from that era rough.

I do all my own wrenching so I sold out and switched to harleys a few years ago so I can skip valve adjustments.

My first harley was this 2002 Sportster 1200. I bought it in full Grampa trim.



Harley makes a 48 sportster and a 72 sportster but they never made a 57 that looked like the original K model that became the sportster to compete with the British bike invasion in the 50s.



So I kit bashed it with harley parts off other models and some poo poo I made like the fork boots I made from 4x4 shock boots I cut down.





I put about 30k miles on it before I got tboned on it by a driver who didn't see me and blew a stop. I fixed the bike but my tailbone got hosed up and the seating position isn't comfortable for long rides anymore.

So I needed a wider seat..

So I tracked down a Fatboy lo


Of course I needed to make it look more 50s.


With quick detatch everything to turn it into a mini roadking




Eye bleach to makeup for my fatass


I don't ride the sporty anymore but have kept it around to give to my soon to be 5 year old son when he's old enough

LobsterboyX
Jun 27, 2003
I want to eat my chicken.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyUaw9h8p08

did we just become best friends?

That house is something else.

I'm kinda scared to do a housepost on my 1938 Ranch, but I may work up to that someday.

The Girstner box, the Lowey desk.. gently caress!

That's like the old man that I met that had a KEM Weber Airline chair in his screened in patio - claimed he found it in the trash in the 70s.

https://www.kirklandmuseum.org/collections/work/airline-chair/

I've been kinda busy for the last few weeks..





https://i.imgur.com/aZ6sAPK.mp4

but that didn't stop my fuel pump from taking a poo poo today which is my first day back in the office



https://i.imgur.com/nI8MenI.mp4

Mr Fish
Nov 16, 2016


Also working on 50siffying a hardley this one an early 90s sport


Shooting for something like this.


Little more work left to do and I still need to section a front fender from a newer bike for it and fab the rear luggage rack. It won’t be perfect but it will scratch that itch for ancient vehicles without costing a fortune.

LobsterboyX
Jun 27, 2003
I want to eat my chicken.
Man, I wish I lived somewhere where it was safe to ride- LA is so inhospitable to riding, and I'm to vested in... life... to really want to try it again. I do occationally dream about a WLA or a Chief, then I'm quickly grounded when I actually look at prices.

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PainterofCrap
Oct 17, 2002

hey bebe



New Jersey is as bad.

I learned how to pilot a manual-transmission motor vehicle in the south of France in 1976, on a 50cc 3-speed Moto Morini street bike. Fifty cc bikes could be legally street-operated at age 14 with a valid insurance certificate. Didn't even need registration.

Rode that thing up & down the Mediterranean coast, once to Ventemiglia, Italy from Cannes. Riding through the little coastal cliff vilages like Eze was a trip, as was Monte Carlo.

So I really missed it when we moved back to the US. Had to walk or ride a bike for a year, which sucked

Didn't take long to realize the roads were inimical to motorcycles. I really miss wind in the face & hair. Convertiles will have to do.

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