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I fitted the pushbar from my General Lee today. I'm not going to bother painting it until I have the mechanics finished. For some reason the rear blocks keep moving forward when I pedal, and as a result the wheel rubs off the frame. I tried to get a local mechanic to weld the back of another bike onto this bike, but he didn't think it would be strong enough and didn't want to get in trouble if i was cycling and crashed and got injured. Anyway for now here's a few pics of the pushbar mounted on the front of the bike.

Happy birthday MaryAnne! Hope you had a great day

'69 charger? Hoss the soundstage Lee was actually a '68 charger. You can see the point in the middle of the dash in some shots, indicating that it's a '68. I'm not sure if the soundstage Lee was the same throughout the series, but I wonder why it wasn't swapped out with a '69 during the Veluzat / WB switchover.

Hey y'all I bought the Back To The Future box set on Sunday. My family are away down the country today, and I'm not feeling that great, so I decided to have a Back To The Future day. I wasn't around in the 80's, but I'm sure the idea of hoverboards and flying cars was very believable. Imagine what the world will be like in 30 years, in 2042!! I can easily imagine flying cars and hoverboards, especially since Doc and Marty have already been to 2015 and hoverboards and flying cars were common. So is everyone looking forward to converting their cars to flying mode? Or is everyone preparing for the end of the world in December?

I just noticed this in the clip Brian uploaded to YouTube. The clip was taken from Carnival of Thrills Part 1 and is when Bo gets conned by Diane into doing the jump. Take a look at Diane's butt, is it just me or is that a mic box clipped onto her jeans?

Congratulations Val

Hey y'all I had a bit of a Dukes day today. I watched mostly season 4 episodes. Amongst other episodes I watched "Sound of Music Hazzard Style","Dear Diary" and "Cletus Falls in Love". I don't know if this has been brought up before but did anyone notice the chase music at the start of "Dear Diary" and "Cletus Falls in Love" sounds really similar to "Object of My Affection" by Mickey Gilley at the start of "Sound of Music Hazzard Style"? Can anyone else hear the similarities or is it just me? In my opinion I think it's possible that Mickey Gilley recorded the "Object of My Affection" instrumental for the Dukes,especially since the episodes seemed to filmed so close together.

And one more of part of the seat bracket I've got two weeks Easter holidays now,so hopefully I can get up to speed on all the different projects.

I had some free time today so I did a little work on Dixie. I fitted the BMX handlebars,the back chain,and the support for the seat. You can see roughly how it will look when it's done. I finally finished drilling the holes for the new cog.

I still haven't mounted the pushbar,there's a spacing issue that I've got to try and work out. In the meantime I've tied a rope onto the front suspension forks,using the hole that was originally intended to be for a light as an anchor point. Yes I'm aware that the rope is possibly the most unmanly color there is,but it was the only rope I had in the garage. When I lowered the back wheel I encountered a problem with the chain. Because the wheel was lowered,the chain has to stretch down,and unfortunately it rubs off the frame as it moves. To solve this I've taken a cog from a rear gear set and mounted it to frame. This prevents the chain from rubbing off the frame and also gives the chain a little tension.

I cut up some longer blocks for the back today. The old ones were 8 inches. The new ones are 12 inches... Unfortunately they still move about when I'm pedaling,so I'll probably cut a grove into them that will hold them more securely to the frame. As a result of these new blocks the bike now has 14 inches of ground clearance. My next biggest bike only has about nine. Needless to say this will be a beast when it's done... A side shot of the two bikes. Look where the pedals are on the bike on the left in relation to the bike on the right...

Today I tackled the brakes. At first I was uncertain about how to do this. It had to be strong and also had to be light. In the end I settled once more on mahogany blocks. I only need two this time,one for the front and one for the back. Unfortunately the original brakes that were on the bike wouldn't work because they had a different mounting system. Luckily though,the donor bike for my recumbent had the style of brakes I was looking for. Here's a picture of the blocks Here's one with the brakes mounted. These brakes are mounted to a long bolt which screws through a hole in the frame. This is where the original brakes were. I'm going to mount the blocks using these two mounts. And here's what the whole thing looked like fully assembled. It took about 20 minutes to strip the old brakes, drill the holes, fit the brakes, mount the blocks and wire the brakes.

Hang on guys is the quote not from Daisy's Song? I'm pretty sure Uncle Jesse says that to Bo,Luke and Daisy in the farmhouse kitchen before the scene with Bo and Luke tailing Daisy and Starr.

Hey y'all This is something that has been bugging me for a while,and to be honest it's making me laugh at their ignorance and stupidity. For the record I just want to say that I am in no way a racist person, and despite people getting hot under the collar about the General Lee and the Dukes being a symbol of racism because it was set in the south and had a confederate flag on the General Lee. Gy Waldron himself said that he was worried about the all white population during the first season, so he wrote some of the bad guy and police roles for black people. The Dukes,at least in my opinion, is a show about family and right and wrong,where the good guys always win,nobody dies an the bad guys always lose. There was no hint of racism in the show (at least I couldn't find any) ,so why is the confederate flag now considered a symbol of racism?? As an Irish person I could play the same card that NAACP are playing with the English flag because of the plantations. But why don't I? Because I'm not a political correctness freak who believes everybody should be wrapped up in bubblewrap,safe from any possible harm or bad thing. What's your opinion on the confederate flag? Is NAACP being stupid, or do they have a point? And just incase anyone from NAACP happens to be reading this, and was responsible for the General Lee becoming a symbol of racism... YEEE-HAAWW!!!

I considered building a KITT bike when I first got the front part of the tandem bike, but decided against it because the bike didn't seem to have any likeness to the trans am. I'm still on the lookout for a KITT or A-Team bike though, so don't give up hope yet...

Countrygirl you're right and wrong. Firstly yes the junkyard owner say "beat up,black 68 coupe". But if you look at front quarter panel in this picture you can see the round hole where the 68 turning signal used to be. Therefore its possible that the wrecked black charger we see is indeed a 68. But why the director (Tom Wopat) didn't pick up on this bloopers is a mystery to me.

I know that Carlos but I've used mahogany which is a hard wood. Sailing boats are made out of hardwoods,and so are floors, tables and benches. Hardwoods are very tough and durable so I should be ok. Thanks for your concern though.

Here's a picture of the bike before I did any work to it. Note the distance from the pedals to the ground... And here's one taken after the blocks had been added. Look at the difference they make! I've yet to reconfigure the rear gears,but I'll probably screw them into the wood. Just to help give you an idea of how much I've raised the bike,look where the front brakes are in relation to the front wheel...

Here are a couple of pictures of the blocks and how everything fits together. The bottom of the forks sit conveniently on the top of the blocks. It's almost like the company planned for such an eventuality I've taken advantage of the holes intended to hold a mudguard, and used them to put screws into. In doing this I've elimated the possibility of the blocks moving forwards or backwards. I drilled a second set of holes lower down in the wood to hold the axles. As you can see theres a little gap, I'll probably add washers to it to stop the wheel moving from side to side

I got the wood blocks cut up today in my woodwork class. Its mahogany, which is a hardwood so it's really strong and tough. Here's a picture of the blocks. The two on the left are for the front wheel, they're about 6 inches long. The ones on the right are for the back wheel and they're about 7.5 inches long. I used two axles from these wheels to mount the blocks to the original frame. I found an eye bolt in my garage,so I used that on the fourth block. This is in case I need to tow someone or something I used the angle grinder to cut off the excess axle, and then grinded back the bolt and axle so the bolt can't come undone

Hey y'all I haven't been feeling great today and had to go home from school early. I was ready to fall asleep until my head hit the pillow,at which point I was wide awake. After about half an hour of useless tossing and turning I gave up on sleep and began to doodle. Gradually the doodle grew until this appeared It's what I think of when someone mentions Dukes to me. I would have included the cast in the picture but I'm rubbish at drawing faces. Then I drew this Sorry for the blurriness but that's the best shots I could get

I've done something I've never done before for one of these projects and drawn up a plan. I've decided to try and use mahogany for the lifters. I used it in my ski bike and it seems strong. The red circles are where the old wheels would have been,the orange squares are the wooden blocks are the new wheel positions. I'm planning to have 7 inch lift in the front and 8 inch lift in the back. The only problem I face now is that the wheels are to low for the brakes,so I've got to figure out a way of lowering the brakes. And finally I'm going to repaint and mount the bull bar from my General onto this bike.

Hrm that's weird...is there anyway I could edit that post and put the picture back in? Or is it too late to do that?

Hey y'all I've recently started watching Fall Guy, and developed an extreme love for the truck. For anyone who's unfamiliar with the show, here's a picture of the Goliath of a truck Look at it!! Its what all pickups should be like. Massive wheels and tires, roll bar, push bar and winch. Seen as I'm probably never going to be able to build one, I've done the next best thing and decided to build a bike version!! "oh no here we go again", I hear you say. I began searching for a decent donor on Wednesday, and by Friday had found one. I got it delivered earlier today. Heres a picture of it before I touched it. It's a top of the range off roading bike, costing several hundred dollars new. I managed to get a little bit off the price because of a few small faults. As it is it's a pretty good bike (much better than what I usually start off with) but it only has 7 inches of ground clearance at the pedals. So I've decided to raise the whole frame up about 7 inches. I used mahogany for the ski bike, so I might make a couple of risers out of mahogany and see how they work. Or I might get a small kids bike with the same sort of frame and swap out the front forks and rear dropouts of this bike with the kids bike. I'll post more pics as I go along, but don't expect the posts to be frequent, because I've got a lot of projects going on at the moment.

Brian dyou think you could convince Boss to serve Guinness at the Boars Nest? If he does I'm claiming 50% of 50%