check out how close the top adjuster mount sits compared to the original wl oil tank mount...you can guess what im gonna do there no doubt.
i milled the clamp ends to accept standard old yamaha handlebar clamps...
then cut up a set of my stainless bars and narrowed them
here they are with first linish..
from the powdercoaters and delivered it to the shed. it looks great. i didnt want to have a frame that looked like we file finished for 50 hours on it, thats not what this bike is about. just like a 32 ford in the 50's being stripped down and rodded this is my idea of what a wl rodded in the 50's might have looked like...gonna love putting this one together now...
good time spent on the 5 today dismantling and working out what can stay and what can go.....
named after brucys song....heres our new pup....she's just the sweetest thing ever ever ever.
rob has finished a first pass with the blaster on the body and i am amazed at how good it is....the cowl is fantastic....
floor is all but gone but then i would have removed it anyway so thats ok...dash is good
doors are fantastic....one patch needed on each bottom right along the length of the door....all the moulding lines are perfect on the doors and they are relatively unmolested.
the rear end of the body was obviously cut off at some stage....maybe someone backed into a tree...cause the rear section thats on it cant be from this car as its got an overlap where its been joined....no matter cause its not bad. 
i tried to resist the urge to over grind and finish it to rather leave a surface that was slightly less refined and thus a little closer to the original finish...which is pretty rough to say the least.
off to the blaster and powdercoater tomorrow. Doesn't normally take more than a week so. So ill hopefully be mounting that front end, motor and box next weekend.
one of my earliest memories as a kid was sitting on my grandfathers shoulders and picking blood plumbs off his tree in the western suburbs of sydney.....and then stuffing my face with them sitting on the grass...
is ready for final frame clean up and welding now...ill have a big night on it tomorrow and then off to blasting and powdercoating on tuesday...
joe on his 50 making way too much noise in that seaside holiday suburb.....
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