Triumph pics

Sorry its been awhile since the last post, work on the BSA has come to a stop due to cash flow issues, good thing i have my trusty Triumph to ride while i wait and save. Ride it, break it, fix it, that's British bike ownership. I love this thing and I beat the piss out of it. shots of the Bike in the ghetto of Colton, one shot of the A10 at the shop and us at the Mooneyes show in Irwindale earlier this year.

Hood Repair

Well lets just say not every one is cut out for metal work, at least in the case of the guy that ruined the hood by Mig welding a sheet metal fin to the peak and then filling it with lead. Another hood was found with bent corners but had a good nose, since the pancake work on the hood was really nice I decided to use our hood and replace the nose, Cleco pins are used to hold the replacement nose into place, hammer welding with a Tig makes it easy to keep the shape from going out of control. More later.

1949 Cadillac Custom

I'm changing things up here a bit and getting away from the BSA project, this car has been my on and off project at work for three years. The customer has taken it home now due to lack of funds to finish the project. This car has undergone extensive reconstruction due to previous lack of talent in prior shops that had little or no experience with sheet metal work. I had to fab about 70% of the sheet metal on this car, that is not counting the inner structures and floor. the intire front group of this car was handmade by me, the nose of the hood, the 39 ford headlight openings, the grille, The front and rear valances, the drip rails, the deck lid, even the front and rear bumpers are all handmade by yours truly. I will show details of this work in upcoming blogs, I am bummed that this car has left the shop but life goes on and so do other projects.

BSA Going Home

With most of the fab work done I am taking the bike home, the mechanical work can be done in the garage and I will have more time with family that way, I won this Dynamo on Ebay, (Did I mention how much I hate Ebay) I must have bid on 10 of these only to be outbid, just have a buy it now dude, I will pay more, I just need the part. It is just a core so I will take it apart to see if it is rebuild-able and go from there, then changing it from 6volt to 12 volt will come into play, more on the rebuild next time.

Fuel Lines

Fuel lines are my favorite thing to make, stainless line and aluminum aircraft fittings with a extruded heat sink fuel filter, I had to make the banjo fitting at the carb, since I cannot find one. Looks good.

We don't fake it we just make it

Made this oil bag cap from fence post material, I think that dome piece cost .50, then I cut grooves in the DOM using my drill and a die grinder, (we don't have a lathe) weld it together with silicon bronze, cut off the mandrel after finishing, install "o" rings...Done