Chipper's Vintage Open Class Powell

[chipper]

He bought bearings even after I offered to send him the same ones I sent you ut:

Man I forgot about that Randy , Thanks Brother I do appreciate it !!

 

[chipper]

Nice work Angelo. Would take me at least six beers to get it that straight. If you see a inexpensive tablesaw for sale, buy it and put on a metal cutting blade. Works perfect!


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It took 12 or so beers Lol . I have a table saw and will have to give that a try , thanks !

 

[MiniBike Paul]

Nice start! Brings back lots of Powell memories!!
And good meeting you/talking to you yesterday!
When you need them I have decals for the bike!

 

[chipper]

Nice start! Brings back lots of Powell memories!!
And good meeting you/talking to you yesterday!
When you need them I have decals for the bike!

I will be contacting you , Thanks !!

 

[Dr. Shop Teacher]

It took 12 or so beers Lol . I have a table saw and will have to give that a try , thanks !

Well, H E Double toothpicks....I didn't think about rolling out the ol' Grizzly with a metal blade. Gotta remember that.

 

[chipper]

Well, H E Double toothpicks....I didn't think about rolling out the ol' Grizzly with a metal blade. Gotta remember that.

No doubt !

 

[Nalu808]

Angelo, hard enough to find one Powell and you have 2...Nice! Chrome fork looks sharp!

My first thought exactly. Should be pretty cool.


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[chipper]

We got like 5" of rain yesterday so my sand blasted frame stayed in my truck . Decided to tear down a lightly broken in Hemi I had , it literally was close to broke down:doah:

obviously during assembly little Long Wang dropped one of the side cover alignment sleeves into the block , as you see it broke the dipper clean off ! Luckily the engine only had a couple hours of run time and all is good
This Hemi has the piston .028 in the hole so 20 over rod it will get , I'll be ordering all the shiny engine parts tomorrow.

 

[chipper]

Had some time today , got the broken bolt drilled and tapped out of the rear wheel and re-tapped all the holes , assembled rear wheel and tire for mock up as I need to assemble swing arm to determine how much I have to raise the engine and I need to figure out a bushing for between the two brake parts .

also been smoothing out all the ruff areas on the frame.

 

[OND]

We got like 5" of rain yesterday so my sand blasted frame stayed in my truck . Decided to tear down a lightly broken in Hemi I had , it literally was close to broke down:doah:

obviously during assembly little Long Wang dropped one of the side cover alignment sleeves into the block , as you see it broke the dipper clean off ! Luckily the engine only had a couple hours of run time and all is good
This Hemi has the piston .028 in the hole so 20 over rod it will get , I'll be ordering all the shiny engine parts tomorrow.

Ang you needed a better rod anyway ! :laugh:

 

[OND]

Wheel and tire combo look good !

 

[CarPlayLB]

Nice work Ang! that bike is coming along nicely!
I know a guy, that knows a guy, that can custom cut grip tape for the running boards...even put a logo in them for you. Open offer...text me dimensions and they will be done if needed!

 

[chipper]

Nice work Ang! that bike is coming along nicely!
I know a guy, that knows a guy, that can custom cut grip tape for the running boards...even put a logo in them for you. Open offer...text me dimensions and they will be done if needed!

You know it Brother !! Awesome and thanks a bunch , I'm bringing the new running board to my neighboring sheet metal to shop to roll the edge on it then I'll weld her up and measure !!

 

[chipper]

Wheel and tire combo look good !

Thanks Eric and yes It needs a much better rod :laugh:

 

[Havasu Dave]

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[chipper]

Glad it went smoothly for you. I had a machinist friend do several of these for me. I tried several iterations, but everything tended to cause the brake lever to lock up. I apologize for my faulty memory, but one of the measurements was slightly fat, requiring a bit of trimming. I suspect it was the .150 that was a little fat. View attachment 102900

Thanks a bunch Dave , that is it ! Great stuff and is greatly appreciated :thumbsup:

 

[red baron]

That's coming along nicely. It's going to be sharp

 

[David wulf]

Glad it went smoothly for you. I had a machinist friend do several of these for me. I tried several iterations, but everything tended to cause the brake lever to lock up. I apologize for my faulty memory, but one of the measurements was slightly fat, requiring a bit of trimming. I suspect it was the .150 that was a little fat. View attachment 102900

Dave your plans show a 1/2 bore for the bolt to go though on the brake bushing is that correct?? The two bushings I have are 3/8 bore . Just wondering if your E model is different than mine .

 

[Havasu Dave]

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[David wulf]

Thanks David. Yes, all three E models all took a .500 bore/axle. I bet yours are too, unless you are running all that horsepower and weight on 3/8" axles!

Note [MENTION=46062]chipper[/MENTION] feel free to double check "your" requirements. I know I would. (grin)

Dave maybe I’am not understanding you but all the Powell’s we have , have 3/8 bolts holding the wheels on . And the hole in the bushing is 3/8 . Meaning the bolt just fits though the bushing. We have Powell’s from 1967-1971 , five total and there all the same .
So if you have a 1/2 “ bore bushing then you have 1/2 “ bolts going in the axle ???