Saturday, 6 June 2009
rasta lion
bucket bros
THE GRAVEDIGGERS
THE TRUCK
The secret behind the skeleton chops shop truck
Take one vw beetle
Rip wings off and add mudguards
Stretch front end out 10” with an adaptor
Lower front suspension
Cut it in half and take the roof off leaving chassis, bonnet&doors
Get some square metal tubing and make a pickup bed
Add this to the back of the beetle
Cut the roof off a 60’s vw samba van
Section and slice up the samba roof to make a single pick up cab
Chop the roof so your windows are like a letter box
Glue everything together
Realise you cant fit in the car, then lower the seats
Enjoy with crushed ice, umbrella & a cherry on a stick
The panther m100 build
Many years ago a good friend of mine had a panther model hundred kicking about for a few years in pieces. Occasionally I would see it in his spare room. Just the frame with the bottom end in it. Its funny because at the time I was building another model 100 called the auntie Alice.(soon to have the skeleton chop shop work over). Anyhoo 3 years ago my friend needed some cash and offered me the bike cheap. The deal was done and I had a panther in lots of small pieces. You know the score parts missing with lots of metric bolts and other assorted crap in with the good bits. This was sweet for me cause I needed a chop. More precisely a 60’s era Frisco esk mar fuka! A year of nights building and finding period parts it was alive!!mo haw haw haw!
