*I've Got My Spine, I've Got My Orange Crush* (Done!)

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p00r0ldlu

p00r0ldlu

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The first rat rod bike I built I gave the nickname 'Smooth Criminal'...partly for the flat black and white color scheme and partly because I like the idea of my bike having theme music. So my build off bike this year is a nod to the R.E.M. classic "Orange Crush". It will start with one of my 40's Sunshine frames...
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I have a few parts that may or may not end up on the final ride.

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This vintage sign will determine my color scheme...

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Looking forward to building this bad boy ice cream cruiser...Follow me, don't follow me
I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
 
Re: I've Got My Spine, I've Got My Orange Crush

This is gonna be cool 8)
 
Re: I've Got My Spine, I've Got My Orange Crush

Thanks. It has been hard to not work on this bike until May. Not anticipating a win, but looking forward to the fun of building a bike with a theme and knowing many others are spending late nights in the garage as well. Enjoy your builds everyone! Here is a photo that will inspire/inform this build.

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Re: I've Got My Spine, I've Got My Orange Crush

Whilst out and about this day, popped in to a couple of antique places and picked up some vintage Orange Crush stuff.
First this is going to be the colors for the bike (brown, orange and white) and I may have to find a place for this super cool bottle.

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Next up is one I got really cheap (and found first)...may or may not be incoporated into the build...

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And lastly an original unopened bottle of Crush...I have plans for this (I will keep that under wraps until I am sure I can pull it off.)

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If only I could spend all day every day in the garage...
 
Re: I've Got My Spine, I've Got My Orange Crush

Cool old stuff.

I looked through your past post for an introduction post, curious about your name since I use to have some Poor Old Lu CDs.
 
Re: I've Got My Spine, I've Got My Orange Crush

Houndog said:
Looks like the WalMart assembler struck again!!!!!
Click to expand...

I just got your comment...HAHA. The bars are not attached and the forks must have spun around when I put it in the shed. I was wracking my brain trying to figure out how my stuff looked Wal-Marty. :)
 
Re: I've Got My Spine, I've Got My Orange Crush (update-May 5)

Hope to get some color on my rims this weekend...
Here is how it started a few hours ago...

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And after some serious elbow grease...

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Need to finish the rear and hopefully get color down...I will post pics with the new kicks as soon as they are done.
 
Re: I've Got My Spine, I've Got My Orange Crush (update-May 5)

Use the brown bottle as your tank. Take a look at my BO6 bike BEER RUN for reference.

Looks like there is a rock band sub build off going on here.
So far, I have seen Skynyrd, Stones, Grand Funk, and now REM
 
Re: I've Got My Spine, I've Got My Orange Crush (May 8-Trike?)

So I did not get paint on the rims this weekend...I have been distracted working on a trike for my niece (her 1st birthday is in ten days).
Here are a couple of pics...it is a 1930's? Werlich.
This is how it looked when I picked it up...

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Here it is with round one of stripping...

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Here it is with the blue...

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And where it sits right now...

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Re: I've Got My Spine, I've Got My Orange Crush (May 8-Trike?)

I did manage to do a little work on my bike as well. Thanks to dragnusa for the idea of the tail light. I came up with this...

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I purchased this light fute from Canadian Tire...

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I removed the casing...

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Ground the end down with my angle grinder...

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And let there be light...

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Now to think of a secure (and subtle) way to attach this to the bike.
 
Re: I've Got My Spine, I've Got My Orange Crush (May 8-Trike?)

:idea: Great!! Peace
 

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