Its been a month since I updated the progress. I am watching Jessie James new show "Outlaw Garage" while I write this. They are building a complete deuce roadster in 30 days.....makes me feel pretty slow!!
I have completely disassembled the chassis, pulled the engine and trans, removed the front suspension and the rear end. I have sandblasted the frame inside and out. Blasted the front suspension, painted and reassembled it. The side frame rails still need some more body work to get all of the pits filled. The fire wall has been blasted, some holes welded, ground and sanded and primed twice....almost ready for its new cream white paint.
I got the 5 speed back from JMJ with a complete rebuild, new forks, a couple new gears, all new bearings and seals. It should be good to go now. Tomorrow I plan to cut off the "boat rudder" that sticks down on the bottom of the case. It looks bad and is a real good place to hit your head on when the deuce is on the lift....don't ask me how I know that.
When it was so rainy outside I could not sandblast, I moved inside and powder coated a bunch of little parts. Brake and clutch pedal, slave cylinder bracket, steering brackets, hood brackets and a bunch of other little things. I keep the oven hot for a couple of days.
I have the dark blue paint for the frame here, as soon as I can finish the body work on the frame I will paint it, probably early next week. I plan on the rear to be painted about then too, it will be black like the front suspension. As soon as the frame is painted then I can reassemble all of the chassis...frnot, rear, brake lines, engine/trans, all of that should go rether fast.
The gas tank has been resealed and the radiator modified to fit the bottom water outlets, I am glad those are done.
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