Friday, January 13, 2012

More Pics Of CCW's Bubble Top


















































According to the coffin corner forum,it appears the current owner is restoring her.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Trike Thursday...Bubblelicious



Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Somebody Buy This...eBay Alert

Check this out, it's at $4 grand buy it now. Here's the description off of eBay:

Ok- heres about a once in a lifetime opportunity.  This is an Arlen Ness chassis.  1 of 3 made by Arlen Ness, Bob Munroe and Jim Davis.  yuou will have to Google their names if your not familiar and figure this out on your own.  If you have heard of these guys- then you know what you are looking at.  One was finished by Arlen and it's called "2 bad" because of its 2 sportster engines - these are the pics I included int he auction.  Another was built using a Honda motor and is here in CA - I have a personal picture of it.  This chassis is No 3 of 3 and in my opinion- the best looking of all.  It was never built/finished and sat in San Leandro for 30 years until I acquired it.  It has a Harley Guide SH-2 spotlight that runs on a motorized switch that pops out of a motorized hood to act as the headlight- cool!  It has the Jim Davis drag strip styling with a Defazio style center steering hub and steering rod.  It has the original Hurst caliper and hangers etc.  Bob "Mun" Munroe did all the aluminum body work and it all removes with dzuz fastners (drag strip).  It would cost you a fortune to try to re-create this and this was done by hand by the original legends themselves.
I'd love to pick this scoot up; but I've got too many projects going on right now. Plus it would be a small fortune to do this bike right. That said, I'm still thinking about it.



















Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Tommy Summers' "Snatch"

Monday, January 9, 2012

Digger Monday...Return of The Star Ship II




After B.A.C.C.'s Star Ship finished it show circuit duties, it was stripped and shoved into a corner of the shop. Parts were canabalized daily and soon all that was left were the frame and tank. Ken Barrow caught a glimpse of the chassis stuffed under a bench, and made Ron an offer. they soon got busy piecincg the ship back together. they also added some rake to the frame this time around.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Showrod Sunday...The Hard Hat Hauler














Built by Barris, but the original concept was penned by Harry Bradley. Powered by a Chrysler hemi with 3 GMC 6-71's, the hauler featured a chrome hard hat roof and a forklift "bumper". Sure it's ridiculous, but stick a pretty girl next to it and suddenly it's cool. However, this does not work with OCC styled theme bikes.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

B.A.C.C.'s Fat Bob

This bike was the sign of the end of the digger era as Simms and the B.A.C.C. crew moved towards building more traditional styled bikes. Either way I've always dug Ron's style of custom.