jumping on the Meat Wagon: bike ambulance

[snydur]

well i figure its aout time to show what ive been working on in the downlow. ive had this trike for years, and alwasy thought it was infixable due to the rear sprocket, well, i fixed that and have been building it for about a month now litle by little.
26" forks off a huffy, and some cutting of broken off chainguard tabs. and its hard to tell, but the rear rack is twisted and cracked baaaadly.

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so off it goes


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the origional plan called for a two person seat on the back like i had on it before when i found out about the sprocket, but then genius struck.


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cut cut cut


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so now i need to finish up the rear rack, get a seat and tubes, build a small pan for the bbq, cut the grill, paint front tires, getpedals, . . ...... hahaha

 

[snydur]

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and heres whats giving me problems. the sprocket was to dang wide, well i didnt know that for years, figured it out (i dont know how i did, i just know i did) and ground it down on one side, just a hair. works fine. and yes this will be a fixie so-to-speak.

 

[FatBoy]

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I like it ,this is going to make me want to build a Trike :!: :mrgreen:

 

[snydur]

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hoping to have it done by 4th of july weekend. and the 7up box had a small cooler that fits in it. with room to spair for some aluminum bottles full of . . .?? i dont know yet, i just know they fit. hahah

 

[mikesbikes36]

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looks like the workmans trike im rebuilding ....lookin good man !!! trike r cool!!

 

[RatTrick]

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It does look like a worksman frame. I have two. one is built, the other is stripped to the frame. The pillow blocks, axle and sprockets are still available from Worksman for these trikes and reasonably priced. I am curious to see how your 'fixie' setup works out. Can you mount a mid-drive hub on your frame? That would allow coaster brakes...just a thought.
My 'Hot Rod' worksman:

 

[snydur]

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It does look like a worksman frame. I have two. one is built, the other is stripped to the frame. The pillow blocks, axle and sprockets are still available from Worksman for these trikes and reasonably priced. I am curious to see how your 'fixie' setup works out. Can you mount a mid-drive hub on your frame? That would allow coaster brakes...just a thought.
My 'Hot Rod' worksman:

honestly the only reason i dont have a mid frame hub, is because i have nooooo idea how to mount it. can someone spot me in the right direction? thanks. and nice trike! love orange bikes.

 

[RatTrick]

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If your frame is compatible, there would be two dropout hangers welded behind the chainstays like this:

 

[snydur]

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box is all sanded and stained and stuff.

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color didnt change much, but thats fine with me so long as its waterproof.


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the aluminum bottles that will be going in. theres three. the inside may be painted black because of some bad stains. opinions?


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the "bed" also got some stain, but since its a lighter wood it doesnt look as good. probably find something darker.

 

[snydur]

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looks like its going to be a fixie :wink:

 

[Markm]

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...backwards stunt riding!!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[snydur]

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...backwards stunt riding!!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

:shock: I can do that cant I.

 

[RatTrick]

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at least you'll have reverse, :lol: . The crate looks great!

 

[snydur]

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few little things more got done. mounted the wood on the frame, cut the grill for the bbq, and added a liscence plate. buuut since the camera is dead,itll have to wait till tommorow. :mrgreen: maybe ill get moredone by then. oh! also mountedthe basket on rght. gunna put some news papers in tere for my grandpa.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

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Looks good Andrew I'd paint the box black inside to make it look cleaner :wink:

 

[snydur]

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Looks good Andrew I'd paint the box black inside to make it look cleaner :wink:

im probably goin to do that that because the white is stayng kinda tacky, im not sure what happened. my neighbor has seen this trik and he always laughs and asks what im goin to paint it. today he saw it forthe first tim and asked if we culd grill some burgers on it in the park. tol him he can ride it there, and ill follow with KRUSH. :mrgreen: better get this don asap. (note: hes a 65 yo veteran who lives with 14 people in his house. yes 14. so he loves getting out)

 

[snydur]

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thinks are starting to heat up (pun)


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grill


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more later

 

[FatBoy]

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Yeah I think im going to have to build a trike for sure<This looks cool I cant wait to see it finished!

 

[snydur]

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sorry bout the bad pictures. but i lowered it about 4 inches. flipped the rear axle on top, cut some blocks )not seen here) and cut a notch for the chain (also not seen here) so i have about 2 inches of clearence for the pedals, but im probably going to put a shorter crank for good measure (bad pun number two). different sprocket to, but not to much of a change. also cut a smaller grill to hold the briquets.

 

[layflat78]

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Looks awesome!!