Bad-Boy 92 inch 1952 Pan

[Davestune]

You're gunna poke ya eye out sunny

[Dragstews]

Naw ...

I put on shades when I work on the 52 ...
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Say ... How ya like my new (To me) Hood Ornament for my truck ... ??



I'm calling it " The Roswell " cause it was made in the same year of the crash .. !!

[DoomBuggy]

Ok that's too cool for skool

[Dragstews]

I lit it up ...



Install a red LED ribbon strip under the plastic insert ..
Powers up when the headlights comes on ..

For being 75 years old the dang thing is rough as a corncob ... !!



Tried to sand under all the pot holes in order to net a nice chrome job, but it felt like I was beating a dead horse .. So ....
When your horse has died, it's time to get off it's back ...

Going to try my hand at doing this ...



This ornament has been re-pop, but they are not cheap ...



Going to need a Hobby Sander to keep the lines after the fill goes down ...



The tooling and materials to do this job is adding up to almost what a re-pop would cost ...
Not to mention labor and chroming ...

I have lab metal and chrome powder here in the shop ... That would certainly be the cheap way to get shinny on it ...

But .... It's not ....

[Dragstews]

Ok that's too cool for skool

Know what else is " Too Kool For Skool" ??


**.... This ....**



My Dear Comrade:

This is the passenger side 6-way power seat unit .. Been on the hunt for one of these for a coon's age ..

Already did up the seats for the truck ...
Driver's side was done with having 6-way power but not the passenger seat ..



Got a bit of re-do to do ....





Damn Ol' Binder going to think it's a Cadillac .. !!



Mattel is making a new Barbie doll ... It's called "Devoiced Barbie" (Comes with all of Ken's possessions)

[Dragstews]

Load the rings, jugs & heads, pushrods, intake & carb and the 52 will be moved to the done table and this will be sitting in it's spot ..




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Loading the Gapless rings ..

[Dragstews]

Dang good fit with using the manifold adapter rings ...





Intake manifold adapter rings for stock cylinders are used to update early style O-ring intake manifolds and cylinder heads to late style flat band type seals.

Makes for a better seal when these are in use ...




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Took em to ....



Two grunts and a fart ...
(If I soil me knickers, I over torqued) ..

[rockman96]

That is fucking sweet, man!

[Dragstews]

Thanks ...

Aye Mattie, we'll set sail on the morning tide ... Arrr, Arrr ..

[Dragstews]

Got a bit of ugly going on here ...
The old and the new has a differnace look to each ..



A run through the glass bead blaster will net the same look on both case halves ...

Permission to do so .. ??
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Here's an eyeball peek at how the crankcase vent bolt passage was modified for venting to the right case ..



A blind threaded plug was made and welded in .. That allowed for a bolt to be used as in the 65-up cases ..

Tis the same gig as the 52 seen ..



All threaded holes was chased ...



Don't want any surprises on assembly !!
All was in grand shape, just like back in 48 ..

[Dragstews]

Won't be long till this is headed down to Miami ...



The frame and fork is next ...
Can't wait to see what he comes up with in dat dept.

[DoomBuggy]

Dat should make someone's day!

Almost bought a Sporty motor today, but got gun shy at the last minute.

[Dragstews]

Almost bought a Sporty motor today, but got gun shy at the last minute.

What year ?

[DoomBuggy]

Twas a '69. I am thinking I want to build a digger next and was thinking that was a fun motor, of course it is another kick motor, but at least no frame number issues. I am just not sure I could get my money back on a sporty.

As you may have guessed I won't be doing a lot of riding anymore, but I still want to build em as long as I can.

[Dragstews]

Most of the old time Sportster Guys says the 69 CH was the last of the real Sporties cause it was the last year of the Mag ..