Friday, May 1, 2009

Finishing Touches

We have been busy touching up on some final things on the vehicle over the past few days... we basically could ride this thing out of here as is, but there is no fun in that now is there?

John adding additional seat braces, when he is not welding?

There he goes again, adding handlebars to the bottom of the seats to mount shifter knobs. Erik is a brave man.


He survives! Look at that relaxed geometry, thanks craigslist for the weight bench!

Hedy continues to coat the sculpture pieces in glue, waiting for that sunny day to paint!

Size comparison of these bitching details she added. Watch those hands...

Erik mounts the shifters, full 21 gears of go go go! No hairspray at the shop to get that last bit of knob onto the bar, damn!

John tweeks the break pads. We had to grind about an 1/8'' off of both pads to get the rotor to float inside the caliper nicely. If we didnt do this, since this is human powered, the added resistance would have not alowed us to pedal this baby. Lets make sure to breathe in that break dust!

We decided to flip the wheels so the mustang logos appear on the inside. This adds additional rigidity to the axles because it brings the hub closer to the bearing mounts, reducing the amount of 'floating' axle length to bend. Looks better this way as well, crimps galore!


Spinnin'

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