SOB!!!!......Now I'm committed!!!

[Jamie1972]

So I'm cleaning up my Lil S.O.B Survivor Trike....And I decide to try a "Certain Cleaner" on my base seat and now!......
I'm committed! :doah:
i did one square inch....Now it's till the end...
BEFORE:

And after......

 

[David wulf]

That stuff sure works good Jamie .

 

[Jamie1972]

Thanks David, I was great to have talked with you at Windber!

 

[fistfullabar]

"Certain cleanser"?

 

[Ding Ding]

Removing years of grime off an old gem only to find awesomeness beneath is one of my favorite things to do. I would be looking forward to doing the rest!

 

[Jamie1972]

I was torn after the first square inch of clean spot.......I kinda like the "ivory aged" look matching the front frame. Now I gotta cherry out the rest of the trike!:doah::laugh:

 

[Jamie1972]

So I finished the seat cleaning tonight and waxed the body....Came out pretty nice..!

 

[mlanzoni]

WOW, looks GREAT. What was that cleaner again ?

 

[Ding Ding]

That SOB looks great. Both the seat and the paint look very nice, original nice!

 

[gumpit]

I just use brake cleaner.... Same as dry cleaning fluid....

 

[Jamie1972]

I used Lacquar thinner on a old shirt with light rubbing only on the white portions of the seat. Then Blue Corral vinyl/leather Conditioner.

 

[jbrewton]

That turned out SHARP!

 

[1stBxMopar]

That cleaned up real nice Jamie!!!

 

[Jamie1972]

Thanks everyone! I really like it....What I don't like is I've done some diggin on info, history and other examples.
There's one fiber glass body, 1 brochure and one other one that sold on EBay 2 years ago. Other then that...Nothing.
Must not had been as popular as say.....mud bugs or Snowco...Etc. :shrug:

 

[owend]

Your trike looks great Jamie!

 

[Biodude]

You have a way with survivors. :thumbsup:

 

[gumpit]

Fourtitude.com - Little off topic but hoping someone can enlighten me on this 70's Lil S.O.B. 3 wheeler I have.
Seems to have been a black framed model with a black stripe also... It is hard to see but it may have had a thumb throttle. Looks like a chrome square box in the pic of the throttle area.

 

[gumpit]

Bad pic..

 

[AJaxMini]

Jamie, the seat is identical in every aspect except the color to the T-555 seat I did for Joe if it means anything. Looks like they share a lot of the same characteristics. Maybe whoever was making them for Montgomery Ward made them for that company or maybe that company made them for Montgomery Ward. Anyway, just thought I'd mention about the seat because I recognized the pattern in the vinyl.

 

[Jamie1972]

Thanks Gumpit and AJ.........
I actually just bought that brochure off eBay! The seller lowered his price, and I received it Sat.
It's a nice quality print..(front, back..1 page) glossy.
So that's nice to have to go with the trike and get the small things like throttle controls correct. (Reference) Unfortunately it was not dated anywhere on the page:doah:
But I believe it's the orig. engine (dated:71 H50/lighted)
The unanswered question that's gonna kill me the most is....What does ETC Co. Stand for.....