68 bonneville project

[DRPD66]

thanks

[DRPD66]

finally got a tank! nice shape no rust but a few dents

[DRPD66]

Spent the last two weeks going over the whole frame with a file and continued the peak on the tank. The mounting holes on the frame didn't line up with tank so i added a half in of material to each side of the mounting tab then followed the radius of the tank mounts to the mounting tab on the frame. I also cleaned the tank with muriatic acid and steel BB's ... worked great but the fumes oxidized any raw steel in my garage

[lowbrowcustoms]

Looking good so far, I look forward to seeing this bike as it comes together

Tyler

[Swan]

Nice work. I need to do the same on my front tank mounts on my 66 restoration

Do you still have the original coil mount section (photo "Triumph-05 on page 1 of this post) ?
If so, will you sell it? I really need it on my restoration.

[1shot]

What did you put on that tank to get that paint to peel like that??

1shot



[quote=DRPD66;546706]finally got a tank! nice shape no rust but a few dents


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[T100RC]

Your tank mounts didn't line up because that's a 500 tank. Nice modification to get it all mounted up!

[DRPD66]

thanks for the support guys, i'm having a lot of fun with this project. I don't have the coil mount.. threw it out a while ago. I usually use aircraft stripper to chemical strip but i had some general purpose stripper laying around so i used that. they sell it at any autozone.

[Swan]

One man's trash is another man's treasure... I really a coil mount.

+1 on aircraft stripper. Nasty stuff, works well and saves time.

[Daddy Boy]

My Willie looked like that once, it's gone now.

[panheaddave562]

nice start

[Scottydigital]

Looking forward to seeing the progress, very nice so far!

[DRPD66]

some progress pics happy holidays

[savageskeeter]

I dig it.

[DRPD66]

some more progress on mounting the oil tank... The welding tabs from Lowbrow work great.. saves time and for the price of a beer you can't go wrong. Turned the bungs on the lathe and the mounting came out pretty well I think. Going to my buddies shop to tig everything up tomorrow.








I think I'm going to mount a tail light under the lip of the fender to keep things clean. I'm running the wire through a tube welded under the peak. Not to happy about the quality of this fender compared to the duck tail British cycle supplies
but i think i can manage. Progress on the engine is coming along.. Wes at four aces just finished the head to I'm stoked to see how it came out. MIKE

[Miker]

Originally Posted by DRPD66

Not to happy about the quality of this fender compared to the duck tail British cycle supplies
MIKE

Who supplies the actual hand-knurled ducktail fenders other than BCS?

[DRPD66]

I think I'm going to weld .125 or a little larger round stock around the perimeter of the fender to give it a better look.

[BOBBERDOGS]

I like the oil tank! Lookin good! Keep it up.

[Von Zacho]

Bitchin

[DRPD66]

Uploaded some better pictures.. I was using my phone to take pics before but I got my dig camera working again.. sometimes trying to smash electronics actually fixes it. lol. I got some up close pics of the TIG welds, I had the machine pulsing a little too much but I didn't want to make another pass because of the warping that occured on the first pass. I think the fendering is comming along, I added the bar stock on the edges and it deff. gives it a better look. going to fully TIG it from the back side and make a notch in the fender for the chain.