Rolling.....1953 Pan.

Noticed a little side to side end play in the front wheel while the 53 was on the lift so I decided to have a look see....don't want any issues/surprises there!

Use two separate parts trays here you don't want to mix this shit up if your going to reuse it.

Everything cleaned and checked for assembly... roller bearing fit was acceptable and bearing surface good...just need to add some additional shims to bring the end play to at least close to what the manual said it should be.

Cleaned it up nice nice while it was off.

Brake drum installed...it's ready to roll and hopefully safer than before.

 

 









GOT MOTOR!!!!!!!

53 back from the shop complete and ready to go back in the frame, I chose to paint the cylinders silver while we had it apart as they should be, if you go back to my earlier post when it was first removed for rebuild you will see they were black. Pleases excuse the blurry cell phone photo.

1953 Panhead update.....

As I mentioned in a previous posts I'm catching up with work that's been done over the late summer, I hope to be current with my posts soon.

 

 

53 Heads before and after..... Work done by Head Hog in Ohio.... not cheap but some of the best work I've seen.

 

BEFORE

AFTER

 

 

 

Like New...

Here's a photo of a OG Tombstone taillight I just finished, picked it up at the Rhinebeck meet this past June really cheap I think $10... correct glass lenses and all!.....wish I had taken some before and after pic's.. it was painted red over the original chrome and the bridge in front of the license plate lens was cracked off and held in place only by the red lense bezel..... a little JB weld, sand paper a rattle can of black paint and its ready to replace the chrome repop unit on the 53 Pan.



Once in a lifetime!

My father, born Oct. 27, 1928.

 

This past Oct. 27, 2012......84 years old sitting on a 1928 Indian Scout.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POP!

 

The bike belongs to a good buddy of mine....Thanks Drew.

Where you at......?

OK it's been a while and I have a lot of catching up to do here, most of what you will be seeing and reading over the next few post has happened over the last three months, I just haven't had the time to
update.

 First an update on the 53 Panhead rebuild, as I suspected and mentioned back in July, it was the crank bearing and as you can see from the top photo this baby was only a few revolutions away from total detonation.

RUST RIOT UPDATE #2

Some more shots of friends machine's at the Rock-a-Billy car show a few weeks back.

 

Louie's 55 Chevy
 

Rootbeer & Cream with Gold Trim..Nice

 

Frankie's 55 Chevy

 

 

 

 

 HOT RODS & HARLEYS

 

 

Rust Riot Photo's #1

Tommy Bone Crusher's 39 Pontiac at the Riot

 

Chevy powered.

No fiberglass here....... this baby's all steel!

RUST RIOT ROCK-A-BILLY SHOW

Made it out to the Rust Riot Rock-a-Billy and Hot Rod show last Sunday, ran into some old friends I haven't seen in a while and listened to some great music. Will be posting more pictures as soon as I can get some spare time.

Drew's 1958 Panhead at the Riot.

LOWDOWN and DIRTY CADDY!



1953 Panhead update #1

Motor removed and ready for transport to the shop for rebuild, not much to say here except it would be a lot easier if I had more time to dedicate to my addiction...... to many late nights in the garage!

"All work no play"

Pulled the motor out of the 53 Pan last night.... I should have started the disassembly today but decided to take a late model for a ride. Hot as Hell outside....need some wind!

1953 Panhead Rehabilitation

OK here we go! the Pan before the tear-down, sounds like something inside the motor wants to get out!.....We be thinkin it's the Crank pin bearing?....we'll see.

Welcome to Social Media....?!

      Well let me explain, although I have been using computers as much as everyone else (probably more than most) over the past fifteen years or so the idea of posting my life on one did not appeal to me, I prefer regular face to face human interaction and communication. I didn't like the Facebook/MySpace horror story's I had heard about and to be honest there are probably more people from my past I'd rather not find or be found by, most of the good people are still in my life or know where to find me if need be without a computer.
      That being said..... what I have found of computers and the Internet over the years is that they are great tools for research, information and finding like minded people all over the world. Now when I say like minded people I mean people with the same interests as myself, I'm interested in what their doing that interests me and a little of who they are and what their about, not their every move, what they had for breakfast, what movie they saw last night or what time they left and how much traffic they hit on the way to work this morning etc.......
       What appealed to me about Blogger is it's mostly just that, the majority of people post stuff that they know will interest others with the same mind set and stick to that with out jumping all over the place, their Blog's have a theme and they stick with it leaving out all the day to day crap everyone has to deal with and no one wants to hear about.
        So without further ado I start my Blog, my theme/interest are motorcycles old and new and the travels and adventures I have experienced and hope too continue well into the future, I will be posting my scooters along with rides and meets I attend, updates on some of the projects I am currently working on old and new as well as archived material and cool stuff from the past thirty five years of riding, collecting and building....... if you like what you read and see let me know...and remember it's  ALWAYS BEST TO KEEP THE SHINY SIDE UP AND WATCH OUT FOR THE ASSHOLES!