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Ricks

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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #45 on: January 05, 2019, 05:57:29 PM »
Quote from: kartjockey on January 05, 2019, 05:48:55 PM
Wow.  Looks good. Did you put the X bend in it with your new brake.?   I need to follow your lead and get back to work on my rides.  

I did, was very easy to do. Just bent it about 5-6 degrees.  I spent about 20 hours building the brake, and it only took about 2 hours to bend up the box!

The one thing that took a long time  while building the brake was milling the flat edge on the bending bar.  I had to make 4 setups as I only have about 15" of table movement on my mill.
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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #46 on: January 05, 2019, 06:19:16 PM »
So , you have a tool that does what you want and will last long after you can't use it anymore , for the price of scrap metal .

Yup , I'd say you done good . ;)

Pete . :)
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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #47 on: January 06, 2019, 04:08:47 PM »
Welded up the box and test fit it.  Looks pretty good.  Next up is to make the top, and then the plywood inserts.  Only 6 months to Portland!
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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #48 on: January 06, 2019, 06:08:00 PM »
have you been following some of the pointers we got from Lokai's trucks?
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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #49 on: January 07, 2019, 04:27:29 AM »
Rick the box is a really nice piece of sheet metal fabrication & I know your truck will be epic!   

Rick C.
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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #50 on: January 07, 2019, 04:57:33 AM »
Quote from: kartjockey on January 06, 2019, 06:08:00 PM
have you been following some of the pointers we got from Lokai's trucks?

Yes I have.  The problem is that Jim’s trucks are all slightly different.  I am modeling it as close to Bob Legron’s as I can, as I believe that to be an original.
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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #51 on: January 07, 2019, 04:58:40 AM »
Quote from: ndian22 on January 07, 2019, 04:27:29 AM
Rick the box is a really nice piece of sheet metal fabrication & I know your truck will be epic!   

Rick C.


Thanks Rick! Any chance you are coming to Portland this summer?
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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #52 on: January 08, 2019, 08:00:25 AM »
Rick I'm discussing doing just that with a friend who's an interest in hauling a few bikes up and staying several days in that general area. We'll see how it goes.  Rick C.
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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #53 on: March 30, 2019, 07:41:45 AM »
Seat is here.  The black one is for the truck, the other for a future project.  I figured I would get 2 done at the same time and save about $50 on shipping back and forth.  Heather's Leathers also gave me a $19 discount for being a repeat customer!  They were super quick this time, left my house and returned in 10 days!
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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #54 on: March 30, 2019, 09:00:14 AM »
That's what I'm talkin' about!
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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #55 on: March 30, 2019, 12:14:04 PM »
That's pretty leather work!

Rick C.
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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #56 on: March 30, 2019, 12:58:25 PM »
Nice , nice , for sure .

Pete . :)
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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #57 on: June 07, 2019, 08:32:24 AM »
I haven't gotten as far as I would have like as I had a injury that took about a month to heal.  I feeling better now, and the weather is nice for painting.

Here are the parts in polyester primer.  I will block them out this week and hope to get some color on in the next 2 weeks.  Only 6 weeks to Portland!

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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #58 on: June 07, 2019, 05:49:50 PM »
6 weeks!  The race is on for me.
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Re: New 1954 Truck
« Reply #59 on: June 08, 2019, 08:54:02 AM »
Hope you guys get both of your projects ready. Lots of time and effort. But I'm sure they will both be awesome as usual.
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