mrpat's - Bonanza BC1400 - (Vintage Class)

[mrpat]

Here's a pic of what I am dealing with at the moment. Some tweaked fenders... a pair of 'em! Rear fender has some holes in it from a mud flap that was on it. I'm going to clean them up and really see what I'm dealing with. I can get the tweaks out.

 

[chipper]

You should be able to whip those into shape .

 

[mrpat]

You should be able to whip those into shape .

Angelo,
Fender on the left the chrome is all scratched up pretty bad. The one on the right may be promising as far as the chrome goes. I'm pretty sure I can get the fenders straight :thumbsup:

 

[chipper]

Hey 2 fenders + chrome shop = 2nd mortgage:laugh:

 

[mrpat]

Ok, after over an hour of working with the rouge, I got the rear fender shiny. I'm going to put the fenders away for a few weeks and look at them again and see what I think. They aren't perfect, but then again this is an old bike too.

 

[mrpat]

Bought a couple old school switches from Amazon and a chrome headlight from ebay. Drilled a couple 1/2" holes and mounted the switches. Nice and shiny too!

 

[buckeye]

Well, ain't that special.
Nice Pat. Very nice!

 

[Havasu Dave]

Those fenders came out great Pat. Nice job of cleaning and dollying up the dimples. Clean job on the switches as well. You're a skillful dude! :thumbsup:

 

[mrpat]

Well, ain't that special.
Nice Pat. Very nice!

Thank you Tom

 

[mrpat]

Those fenders came out great Pat. Nice job of cleaning and dollying up the dimples. Clean job on the switches as well. You're a skillful dude! [emoji106]

Dave,
The fender on the right turned out real nice for being as old as it is. The problem with the left fender is that someone painted it and before they did, they scuffed the surface pretty good. It looks ok, but obviously not great

 

[chipper]

I agree , fenders ain't too shabby !

 

[Dr. Shop Teacher]

Have you given the fenders the old Coca-cola and aluminum foil treatment? I was amazed by this trick on one of my first builds. Bike's gonna be seriously cool!:thumbsup:

 

[mrpat]

Have you given the fenders the old Coca-cola and aluminum foil treatment? I was amazed by this trick on one of my first builds. Bike's gonna be seriously cool![emoji106]

I did not, but I think I will. Thanks for the tip!

 

[OND]

Ok, after over an hour of working with the rouge, I got the rear fender shiny. I'm going to put the fenders away for a few weeks and look at them again and see what I think. They aren't perfect, but then again this is an old bike too.

Bought a couple old school switches from Amazon and a chrome headlight from ebay. Drilled a couple 1/2" holes and mounted the switches. Nice and shiny too!

Wowwww that fender turned out nice ! :thumbsup: and I really like that switched headlight , this bike is going to be a nice one !

 

[Daniel Coop]

Beautiful work so far Pat. Great idea on the switches

 

[mrpat]

Thank you Daniel

 

[Sport King Eric]

Looks Great!! nice Job with the polish!

 

[mrpat]

Looks Great!! nice Job with the polish!

Thank you Eric.

 

[mrpat]

It's been really cold outside which makes it difficult to work on the bike. I figured the next couple of weeks I can start working on collecting material for the front fork assembly (which I don't have).

Cheezy1 was generous enough to loan me one of his bikes so I can make a repop set of forks.

I had some extra time this morning to plasma cut a fork plate.

 

[t555trailblazer]

Beautiful job on the fork plate and very creative with the switches on the headlight!!
What size headlight did you go with, 5" or 6" ?


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