And tell us how you did it.

I built a 10/22 takedown from a standard wood stock.  Lots of work!















The buttplate is a thin, but solid aluminum one from an old Remington
shotgun. AL was nice because it can be easily re-contoured with a belt
sander.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_1/427207_Ultimate_Stevens_620.html

 

Went from this



To this




1966 UH-1H
Viet Nam veteran
Bought from IL National Guard
Trucked into our hanger
Put it all back together and flew it in 6 months.
Was a blast to fly.

I'm guessing that you will win this thread.

You have your own M-936?

LC

From this:


To this:

Complete rebuild of a 1000-cc 1951 Ariel Square Four Mk II bobber.

This bike had an interesting history. It was wrecked in 1958, and languished in the back of a bike shop until 1964, when it was used as the basis for a chopper. The damaged original sheet metal was unfortunately discarded, along with the twisted and unusable front wheel and forks. The front end is from a 1958 (?) Triumph Speed Twin, the seat is a vintage Bates springer, the tank and bars were scrounged from other wrecks, and the whole thing had been done up in a red metalflake paint scheme with Von Dutch-style white pinstriping.

The bike was ridden and drag raced until 1966, when it was blown-up in spectacular fashion due to a clogged sludge trap in a crankshaft. The bike sat from the summer of 1966 until October of 2013 in an unheated, leaky barn. When our shop got it, it was a disaster. The engine had a hole in the cases where a rod had gone through it, one of the two crankshafts was badly damaged, the tires were hardened and rotting, there was a rodent nest in the cylinder head, and the entire machine was a filthy, rusted, pathetic echo of what it had once been.

We gently lobbied the customer -- the same owner since 1964 -- to restore it to its factory-original condition, but he wanted it put together once more as a 60s-era California bobber. The customer is the one writing the checks, so we agreed. I didn't feel too bad about it, as we weren't cutting up a pristine example with all original parts.

The engine cases were welded up, as well as the cranks, which were then reground. Everything internal was replaced: pistons, rings, pins, and clips, all bearings and seals, and all valvetrain components. The carb, generator, and distributor were rebuilt. The Burman trans was overhauled, and new exhaust pipes were fitted. The customer originally wanted fishtails which extended just past the rear axle, but when he heard the open exhaust on one of the first engine test runs, he asked us to leave it like that.

The frame was powder coated, and all brightwork was either polished or replated. New Dunlop rims and new spokes were ordered, and the wheels were rebuilt on the freshly-chromed hubs. The front end was rebuilt with new bushings and seals, new Avon tires were fitted, and the bike was rewired. All the electrics are now hidden inside the toolbox.

The only thing, besides the plating, which I didn't do was the paint. A custom painter whose shop is about five minutes from ours did the work, including the airbrushed tank logos, and it is a masterful job. It really captures that 60s feel.

The bike sounds fantastic when accelerated hard through the gears, and turns plenty of heads whenever it's on the streets.
The owner, who is now in his seventies, is taking it to Clearwater, Florida later this month. I put a lot of hours, and more than a few drops of blood and sweat into this build. I'll be sorry to see it leave.

Photobucket waaaay slow. Here's the thread. Pics and details inside.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1659759_You_ll_never_believe_what_I_did_for_my_bathroom_today___edit___done_.html

Me and the fam on the maiden run of a railroad hand car I rebuilt back in the 80s. It was used by my grandpa when he worked for the NPRR and was relegated to a local park when he retired in 1959.
It sat on display with a Baldwin steam engine until a group drug off the engine and rebuilt it. It runs tourist trips now.
I got the hand car, which had rotted away for the most part and spent 3 years rebuilding it. Many others get credit for the work they contributed (7 men). I just did the final assembly after getting the others to do their thing.
It now resides at the museum in the LCR (for you old timers who remember the WAHTF acronym.

/Thread/

Ithaca 37, 7+1 capacity, 20" barrel and polychoke. I haven't shot it yet, so there's no guarantees it won't explode in my face...

Also an M-578 Armored Recovery Vehicle

Under the seam sealer. So much for "sealing"  :roll:

Amazing restoration, ToledoXJ.

We have some talented bass turds around here.

Holy shit that came out beautiful



Nice work !
 

Outstanding!

This thread is VERY cool.

Nothing compared to the previous bobber.

'87 Rebel bound for dump. Wife said I couldn't buy a motorcycle. I said I didn't, it was free.






Turn of the century Kelly Boy's Axe






Bare Knuckle Mississippi Queen P90 bridge & Abraxas Humbucker with series/split/parallel for the humbucker and series/parallel & phase switches for combined pickups. PO "rewired" it previously - they came with active electronics hence all the switches to work with. Need to make control knobs...





Cattaraugas skinner

Stunning!  Very nice.


 

It's been about 20 years, but I rebuilt and assembled everything except the bottom end.
It was my first "real" paint job.
'77 FLH   (AMF, FTW!)  
Rode it all over the country. Sold it to finish school.

Nice work folks.

I Cerakoted them both at home. Changed out a few parts like the barrel on the 870, the brake on the AK.




 

Just finished this one about ten days ago...

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1658063_.html

WAX ON.....WAX OFF

No matter what else gets posted in this thread: you win.

Awesome.

You get 2nd Place to Helicopter Guy.

I came.