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

Making everything on the bike has been the best part of the build, more of you is into the bike, very little catalog parts makes it unique. The brake now functions, next I will have to Make a brake switch trigger, I will use a micro switch like on the last bike.

Brake Pedal Fab

Because of the Length of the bike, the stock brake pedal will not fit and the pivot point has been removed with the swing arm anyway. It will be the only brake so it has to be comfortable in placement. This is 3/4" wall DOM tubing heated and bent to shape, the pedal pad was left over scrap from the bin. Next is the brake rod and cantilever.