some powell progress

steven Durham

steven Durham

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Only colors I ever saw were the red for the early machines and the blue in the later models. I never cared because blue is my favorite color. Keep your eye's on the ball and they will get done. Best of luck to you James
Steve :scooter:
 
bayareaburrito

bayareaburrito

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Darrel Sparks sent me this picture.
Its of his grandfather on there BRAND new Powell.

James your BLUE Powell appears to be of the E or above varity... That would have been RED from the factory. But looks cool in blue.

 
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bayareaburrito

bayareaburrito

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george3 said:
whats with the early seat on the blue bike?
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Thats not an early style seat..
Here is a picture of the original seat that came on my Powell 6879-L that was built on 08-11-71 Notice the Phantom style brake. (HaHa I just relised this was built a day before my birthday..)
James you may want to consider switching seats from the Blue bike to the Green one.

 
james c

james c

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bayareaburrito said:
Thats not an early style seat..
Here is a picture of the original seat that came on my Powell 6879-L that was built on 08-11-71 Notice the Phantom style brake. (HaHa I just relised this was built a day before my birthday..)
James you may want to consider switching seats from the Blue bike to the Green one.

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thats one of the cool things about the powells, easy parts switch, that seat pan came from another bike i have. ill be doing all my seats and getting them upolstered soon any pics of the correct clutch cover for the h model?
the blue is a f model
 
bayareaburrito

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James
If I understand you correctly the Green Powell is an H?
If so then it would have had a Phantom style clutch cover.
But my records show your 5964-H to be a rear shifter model that would have had a 4 bolt plastic cover as would your model F
 
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james c

james c

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bayareaburrito said:
James
If I understand you correctly the Green Powell is an H?
If so then it would have had a Phantom style clutch cover.
But my records show your 5964-H to be a rear shifter model that would have had a 4 bolt plastic cover as would your model F
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the green one is serial 6055-h

i have a few powells that i have not posted the serials yet and this one i bought last friday, it has the hs 40 tec in white and break away throttle but no exhaust or side cover
 
james c

james c

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bayareaburrito said:
6055-H would have had this style clutch cover.

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is that clutch cover different than the phantom covers? are there any pics of one somewhere on the site showing the whole cover? i think they are taller than the phantom covers and i cant tell if they have the round bubble over the driven unit.
 
james c

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70sVintageTrikes said:
How bout some progress on the mac 101!
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the engine is all done and waiting for me to go and pay and pick up.
the dunecycle frame is in the restoration planning stage although i believe i have all the parts needed to build it. its ready to be stripped and modified for hydraulic brakes, i still need a right hand hydraulic master cylinder, thats it for the brakes, ive got new peerless transaxle, new rotors, new calipers will need the right size bearing hangers as ill be using a larger axle. i even have the chrome hubcaps and springer front end.
 
george3

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james c said:
is that clutch cover different than the phantom covers? are there any pics of one somewhere on the site showing the whole cover? i think they are taller than the phantom covers and i cant tell if they have the round bubble over the driven unit.
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You know that the H and the J and the L are the same cover as the J
 
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