Another pea in the pod

Due date: February 25, 2017!

Ok Wanda, let's do this shit

The following pictures represent a few months of work on the 1959 Chevy Kingswood wagon.























Inland Empire Driveshaft and carrier bearing

June Vintage & Custom Motorcycle Night

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Neighborhood Nuisance

Vintage & Custom Motorcycle Night is BACK!

1964 Triumph TR6R DONEZO

Back in the day I would be posting every day with every bit of minutia about the build I was doing. But sometimes it's nice to just suddenly have a finished bike posted. And here she is. Now that I have a bike to ride this summer, back onto finishing the '62.

1969 Honda CB750K

Another Craigslist find. I was looking for a another CB750 and this one popped up. I knew it was an earlier one, but it proved better than expected. It was a 1969, non-sandcast but still an early K0 with the wrinkle tank that sandcast 750s have. The bike was in very good cosmetic condition, new seat, but it appears the final drive bearing in the transmission blew up. That will require splitting the cases. I pointed that out and got it for 1/4 of the asking price. I was going to flip it but I think I will hold on to it for collector purposes and a "someday" bike. I have a nice 4-4 exhaust to put on it and it will then be bone stock.





Wrinkle tank close up. Collectors eat this shit up! :)

Fired Up

It's been about a year since I traded my XS650 for a basket case 1964 TR6 with a motor that "should run". I worked on it here and there; I went through the entire motor without removing the top end or splitting the cases. New gaskets and seals, reconditioned the clutch, pressure release valves, and oil pump, upgraded to 12v stator, tympanium, C5 ignition. Then this happened:

Matchy Matchy

Introducing Wanda

After years of wanting, and years of me begging, I convinced Lori to spend her bonus on herself and treat herself to the wagon she's always wanted. New windows can wait, dear!. We spent weeks looking at ads around the country, and were close to having a non-runner shipped, but one morning I woke and checked Craigslist, and there, 5 miles away, sat this 1959 Chevy Kingswood. I frantically spent all morning trying to get a hold of the seller. I just about gave up when I got a call. Halfway into the conversation the call got disconnected. 30 minutes later I got a hold of him again. I ran to the bank and ran to him with cash. I took one look, and quickly made the deal and snagged the pink slip. I left the wagon there and waited until Lori got home so we could go pick it up. Apparently I barely beat out a slew of callers, a few had left notes for me to sell it.

This wagon is a former Yosemite park ranger car and still has some of it's passes from the 60's visible on the windshield. There are a slew of chips in the windshield from a trip to Alaska in the 60's. It was repainted about 20 years ago, formerly white. The motor is a crate 350 from about 15 years ago. My first goal is to go through the entire suspension. Plan is a nice, simple low custom.