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Haha. 2033, or next summer. My brother and I both have one from my dad. His was the one dad drove in high school. Mine is one he traded for a flatbed of creosote fencing lumber in 1981. Not having a garage and my mother sick of a bunch of cars, boats and campers littering the property got my bro and I an early inheritance. It sat under a black walnut tree untouched for 30 years so, needless to say, it needs a lot of work.
Great story, and whether it's next summer or 2033, I'm looking forward to it. Always been a Mopar fan, unfortunately we didn't get any of those in Australia,
Apologies for the thread hijack..
It needs to be wide enough to keep it on the wheel, and the wheel will develop a groove that keeps the chain inline. Some guys on the Hondachopper forum say a tensioner is noisy or no good. We'll see. One guy used a sprocket tensioner and claims it makes the chain wear faster. He went to a static tensioner with an adjustment. The other guy decided to go without a tensioner at all. So, neither was like mine. The spring doesn't have a crazy rate. In fact it's not much at all. The wheel is really to keep the chain from slapping around, much like an idler pulley on a car. They don't exert a whole lot of force on the belt, and neither will this tensioner.
Been telling myself all summer that I want to try to learn to hand stitch leather. I'm not one to practice on scraps or random shit. I just jump in with two feet. I figure, If i fuck it up, I'll just do it again. So, my first attempt at a hand stitched leather seat...
It's an Italian leather my mentor, friend, former boss, and graduate advisor, Nick Kripal, gave me 7 years ago. He passed away last year from pancreatic cancer, so I knew it was time to do something proper with this skin.
Thanks, y’all. I sanded and burnished the edges, which I should’a done before the previous pics. It cleans it up a lot. Also, rubbed it in mink oil to help make it waterproof.
Next item I lucked out with is a Henry Abe breadbox air filter. It had rust on the face which polished out decently enough. Cost me $45 shipped from a dude on Hondachopper.com.
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