One day, in September of 2003, I was discussing with my brother, Tom, about the mechanics on a project that he had just started playing with which involved a 1947 flatbed Ford truck.

We were talking about the days that I would hop up the ole 1957 Ford station wagon, and when I put a V8 in my sisters old 1962, Chevy Nova II. We talked about my 1967 Camero that you could eat off the chrome on the engine and how it would be kind of fun to have a little project like that, maybe on a smaller scale.

Just as he was leaving, he told me that I should watch the Discovery Channel for a program, that just happened to be on that night, called "American Choppers" about a family run motorcycle shop in New York called "Orange County Choppers." (OCC)

I watched the show, and thought to myself, "Self? You could do that." A month later, After looking through eBay, I found a motorcycle frame mysteriously sitting in my garage. And now the whole bike has been purchased, piece by, sometimes unfitting piece, on eBay.

So, not knowing SQUAT about motorcycles, but, armed with a grinder, drill and a friend that welds, it's assembled as you see it here. Maybe someday I'll get around to painting it. But, wait! Bondo learning first. ;)

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