The Chopper Compendium

oh but see, i'm already screwing up the order.

anyway, after the rear loop, the bracket cleanup, and the license plate holder, i fabbed up a neat little rear fender, and a tight little skinny, classic style front fender, and I was done!

or so i thought.

somewhere along the line i made an exhaust pipe with a TIGHT bend coming out of the exhaust port. excuse the booger welds, it'll all come out purty in the end.

trust me.

really.

then i set to work on a license plate holder and a plate to move the key switch/immobilizer down to the side cover area.

first i lobbed off the rear, cleaned up some of the factory ugliness, and fabbed up a rear loop.

Well folks, this forum is just about dead. Don't know if it's that forums in general are dead (seems to be true), people just aren't building stuff much now that the build-off thing has blown over (also true), or we just don't do things in a way to be big time or popular. anyway, it is what it is, b...

it's all the little stuff that eats up time, isn't it? just remember the old saying,

How do you eat a whale?

One bite at a time!

-dan

again, late in seeing this. looks like the host email for the site isn't forwarding my notification emails. technical crap. i should check in more often. anyway, i was just wondering what was happening with this and scheming around in my head with maybe buying it and building it in the States just t...

i know what ya mean about space, curt. my "garage" is 3 20' shipping containers welded together with the walls between cut out. all together 20X24' but not even close to enough. getting ready to do a frame-off resto on my 69 VW too, so feeling your pain there, too. have fun playing with th...

ooh, leafer! i do likey a nice leafer, and one would look real nice on that.

I totally dig the rear wheel, myself.

-dan

Maz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:53 pm Just to update you guys, I have now added a surface grinder to the machine shop

sounding more and more like your place is a fabricator's playground!

good for you!

-dan

bobbydeville wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 9:41 pm I’m here again

heya Bobby! good to see ya around and still kickin!

-dan

that gold don't look bad at all. what color were you hoping for?

-dan

way late in seeing this, but you know what i'm gonna say anyway. if i could actually license it over here, i'd make you an offer on it just because of the connection and the history i know of the project. unfortunately it would be VERY difficult for me to get it on the road over here (like, i"d...

serious tool envy, Maz. serious tool envy.

-dan

i'm liking the new look, low and mean. what size meats are ya gonna run in the end?

-dan