Well, everything original to the bike is about as good as it can get. I’ve got a few things to deal with on the frame regarding paint but that’s just me being me.
Waiting on new stuff like bearings, cables, tubes, jackshaft, chain, cogs, the repro decals. Then there’s a trip to the ole Serv-o-lite for some hardware just to keep my dads spirit in it…. And a seat but I’m not really in a rush for that. The one my dad made is fine till whenever that’s done.
The engine got ordered and here faster than I could keep up with things, fenders came out well though a bit more beat than I thought. The tank you’ve seen.
I built the throttle bracket and will forever be working on a different chain guard being that I want hens teeth. The exhaust is an original west bend lightning bolt and is well, a good 10 footer anyway. Lots of melting and sculpting went into that looking even was good as it does, the red lightning detracts a little from how mangled it is.
Otherwise, I should button it up as a runner in the next few weeks. Gotta take a break now as I’ve got some client work to get on but, I’m good where it is..
I’ll post about the decals when they come though. I got one metric sh**load of them so, hopefully someone wants em! I can’t imagine there’s that many left to be restored with that particular decal but, I dunno, maybe fix a windshield leak with them?
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The engine got ordered and here faster than I could keep up with things, fenders came out well though a bit more beat than I thought. The tank you’ve seen.
![902F3D0E-4FF7-4C19-87CF-F3342DDD3E9E.jpeg](/forum/data/attachments/223/223580-d9dbc5808de1cfedf39e3514b70cd746.jpg)
I built the throttle bracket and will forever be working on a different chain guard being that I want hens teeth. The exhaust is an original west bend lightning bolt and is well, a good 10 footer anyway. Lots of melting and sculpting went into that looking even was good as it does, the red lightning detracts a little from how mangled it is.
Otherwise, I should button it up as a runner in the next few weeks. Gotta take a break now as I’ve got some client work to get on but, I’m good where it is..
I’ll post about the decals when they come though. I got one metric sh**load of them so, hopefully someone wants em! I can’t imagine there’s that many left to be restored with that particular decal but, I dunno, maybe fix a windshield leak with them?