Rods and board trackers, eh?
I am located just East of Albany, NY, up in Taborton (A place you'd never find by accident). I share your interests as I've been building anything and everything that ever raced or was run on the streets over the past 16 years.
I am still up in the air as whether to do a 500 Triumph hard tail bobber, I have the original Tricor hard tail section and the frame, so that's a good start. I just had some back surgery and at first I was simply offing anything ancient that I had, but I really want a cool and different bobber, even if I only ride it on short toots. Besides, that'd be a very cool bike to have in the bed of my Model A pickup ratrod. BTW, I found what is supposed to be a good 48' Merc' engine and trans' for $600 (the trans is worth that). I think for this summer, I'll get the Model A on the road, stock, with that 40hp 4 banger powering it, and then next winter tear it all down, box the frame, Z the rear of the frame 10 to 12 inches, move the front end out in front of the frame on a dropped perch, channel the body 6 to 8 inches, and chop the top 3 inches. Somebody told me I could use the "A" rear end in it if I didn't abuse it too much, but I'd have to change the original 4:11 gears to the new after-markey 3:41's you can buy. I've got to look into some kind of a juice brake conversion for the mechanical brakes on the A. I want to use the original spoked 21 inch wheels as I've seen A pickups dropped with these skinny wheels and they look really cool. I really like working with this real old iron over the coupes that I've done in the past as they are so elemental to work on. Should be fun.
What are your bike and rod projects?
Regards and Welcome,
Dgy
