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    Having ruined 3 of the side window decals for a vintage Boondocker blazer?, I would certainly appreciate any tips on applying the rest of the feathers decals. The body is already painted but nod cleared. Can I spray clear over the the decals after they dry ? Also, Anybody have any extra side window feather decals that they aren't going to use. lots of stuff to trade.
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    Thanks guys!
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    Thanks Mario. My days of riding these things are long since over. my back hurts just looking at this thing. My cousin built more of these bikes he told me a story where a friend of his just built a hardtail and insisted he take it out for a ride. He said " when I went over the train tracks I knew the party was over". Ouch. ?
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    Thanks Tony! People seem to like the paint. I'm glad it came out as good as it did. I was determined to use the glitter paint but when I couldn't get that to work correctly, it turned out pretty good. I'm definitely going to stick with that Testors Extreme lacquer for future projects. I wish they had pleated the timing cover. The chrome look paint I used looks more like aluminum. I thought about Moloto pen but decided to leave well enough alone. Next time I have to remember to take pictures earlier in the build.
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    I love to sit and listen to the old war stories from the veterans. Especially the WWII ones. It was just a different time back then. They have a local cable station where I live that runs a show that does just that from time to time. My grandfather served with the Marines then. I believe he was stationed on Guam. He was one of the lucky ones who made it back home. I was too young to understand when he died but my Dad will sometimes tell stories of my grandfathers time in the war.
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    I'll second that!
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    I meant to say that installing the exhaust proved to be a nightmare. It must have auto corrected and changed it to nighte. ???
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    finally finished. If I had to do it over again, I would have taken better care to get the engine to sit correctly in the frame. Installing the exhaust proved to be a nightie. I also managed to break off the tab for the fuel line under the gas tank to the carb so I left that off. I did manage to install (without messing up) the throttle cable that I made from some old phone wire. I'm leaving off the license plate for now as it seems to mess up the flow of the look . I took the velocity stack from 1/25 dual quad setup from an old Challenger T/A chrome tree. And the round gas cap was an air cleaner that I don't remember where from.
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    Remember, if you want the Ground Hawgs to line up correctly, you can use the wheels from the AMT 1984 GMC pickup or the MPC Deserter 1984 GMC pickup (still readily available).
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    Wow. that's quite an undertaking. this project looks like its going to be a real nice one. Love the old sportsters I still have mine (although, '86 isn't that old) . A friend had a mid 70s sportster that was similar to this one with the brake pedal and shift leaver that were reverse on some of these years for some reason. He used to tell me "your brake and shifter are on the wrong sides" . I was always like "how do you even ride that thing?". That sportster tank is iconic. just an all out great looking bike from the K model to today. Beautiful work!?
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    I threw in tons of goodies too. As I understand, those full nos quarters were worth quite a bit. Also threw in a reproduction Judge rear spoiler, another 5, 15in. Rally 2s and that that entire '71 LeMans . When I found what was left of the build sheet, I saw that it said man under the transmission. I was told by the previous owner that the original owner had swapped out the manual trans for the turbo 400 that was in it now. ?
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    I bought a second kit just for the tires and suspension parts. They went on sale for 40% off at hobby lobby. I even wound up using the body because the simple green I used to strip the paint wouldn't work. I suspect because it was lemon scented. It's all they had left.
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    Thanks. I saw the glitter paint and thought, that's the perfect paint for that 60s look. It was obvious that I would have to pile on so much paint and clear that it would end up looking like some bad Christmas ornament or something. I had to go with the solo seat. I cut it down leaving a little tab that I could heat then bend and l even made a p pad that I haven't decided to put on yet. I added some grey paint dots to emulate the rocker bolts on the valve covers. They should have molded those in.
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    I also shortened the handlebars by 3 or 4 mm or so. I painted the plug boots in red to give it a nice contrast with the gold. I figure I can easily change it if I don't like it. Plumbing this thing is more difficult than I anticipated. ?
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    I found some old phone wire and fashioned a throttle cable. I saw on YouTube where someone used shrink tubing on their grips. And installed some more goodies.
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    Those are my neighbors. I let him use my snowblower in the winter so it evens out. ?
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    Can't figure out how I got that one in twice. Guy had a2 car trailer with winch. It's in South Jersey now. ?
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    Thanks Bob. I used a Tamiya clear smoke to tint the rear window but I don't know if I would recommend it. I used regular automotive film with better results before. I was going to put in the gun rack but it looked like I would get glue haze all over the window so I left it out. That 30. 06 needs a scope anyway. I also used the later model mirrors from the other GMC truck.
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