How Long Did It Take You To Build Your Cruiser? (1 Viewer)
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I bought mine back in 2000 while in junior college. About 2 weeks later I drove it to school just to have the hacked wire harness catch on fire, while driving it. That was fun. It sat for a while as my dad helped me rebuild the harness using the factory diagram.
Drove it on the weekends and during the summer of 2002 before I decided to cut out all of the rust and redo it. Basically that meant scraping from the cowl back. Bad idea. After ju-co I went off to engineering school so the 40 was pushed aside. Then started a career, 40 still pushed off, but in the garage at my parents the whole time.
In 07, it got an SOA lift and Aqualu tub. Then sat a few more years. Last year I built the axles and had some parts blasted and painted. Still have some that need to be done.
Sooo... going on 12 years and counting.
Drove it on the weekends and during the summer of 2002 before I decided to cut out all of the rust and redo it. Basically that meant scraping from the cowl back. Bad idea. After ju-co I went off to engineering school so the 40 was pushed aside. Then started a career, 40 still pushed off, but in the garage at my parents the whole time.
In 07, it got an SOA lift and Aqualu tub. Then sat a few more years. Last year I built the axles and had some parts blasted and painted. Still have some that need to be done.
Sooo... going on 12 years and counting.
The work is never done. I did a frame off and it took a year and a half, 6 days a week, before I got it back on the road. Now, 3 years later, I still have items on my original list to complete as money comes available while I wheel the heck out of it.
