Too funny! Check our slide 2: Official Taylor Guitars Website | Taylor Acoustic, Taylor T5 Electric Guitar This guy is sitting in the back of an 80 playing a Taylor mini! Will we see LC parts for sale through Taylor?
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Welcome Bob!
This is too cool! The owner of Taylor guitars on mud!
I'm calling out group buys on Taylor guitars!!!! What do you say Bob?
Again, welcome aboard Bob.
This is too cool! The owner of Taylor guitars on mud!
I'm calling out group buys on Taylor guitars!!!! What do you say Bob?
Again, welcome aboard Bob.
smittycrusher
"Hey big guy, you a golfer" - Roger Dorn
This thread rocks! welcome aboard! I miss Cali and may have to find a reason to come out there a take a trip with you guys! You sir, are a great resource to this board and the entire cruiser family. Keep up the great work and post often!
Smitty
Smitty
smittycrusher
"Hey big guy, you a golfer" - Roger Dorn
Also, if you are ever in Atlanta, let me know, I would love to shake you hand and buy you a beverage!
Smitty
Smitty
Welcome Bob, I've been secretly leaking the news of your involvement with the 80 series to a few friends... Please add your new control arms to the "New" Taylor catalogue, so I can place an order 
BTW- Thanks for the great guitars - I own a few and need a couple more
Hope to cross paths with your team south of the border this winter
BTW- Thanks for the great guitars - I own a few and need a couple more
Hope to cross paths with your team south of the border this winter
Hey, welcome aboard!
Really nice looking control arms, are they built for castor adjustment/lift ?
Are you building those for your group of cruiser fanatics, or are you building any for sale?
Any benefits over the stock control arms?
I'd like to see more of your work!
Cody.
Really nice looking control arms, are they built for castor adjustment/lift ?
Are you building those for your group of cruiser fanatics, or are you building any for sale?
Any benefits over the stock control arms?
I'd like to see more of your work!
Cody.
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Thanks for the nice comments about the control arms and the guitars. I'm lucky to always run across Taylor Guitar owners, although there's things I do, like this, that are are a fun alternative to guitar making for me. But then, what's a camping trip without a guitar?
For those who asked, the control arms are built with 7 degrees of caster correction. It appears that you need about 1.75 degrees per 1" of lift, thus a 4" lift requires 7 degrees. These cars have 4" Frankie springs.
I just did a few cruisers with OME 2" lift springs and Nitrocharger Sport shocks. Nice, easy lift. But what I'm finding out is that different springs give different lift, sort of regardless of what they say they do. A 2" heavy OME lift took my stock cruiser up 4", and so the 2degree castor correction busings aren't really enough. These springs are supposed to settle down when I put my rack and ARB bumpers on. The ARB rear is a heavy piece of stuff. We use both ARB front bars and SLee Short Bus bars, which is just so beautifully designed. I love the Slee front and nothing compares to an ARB rear on an 80. I can't say enough about Ben and Christo at Slee. They've helped me a great deal. Seth up at ARB in Seattle has begun helping me too. Friendly people.
If people are interested in these arms we could make some for sale. They're not cheap cuz the aluminum itself is pretty spendy. But they're really nice. Maybe we could do custom engraving for a little extra charge to make them unique enough to get wife approval. I've done two, the one I posted and one for my friend Zac Brown, whom I'm building a cruiser for. Zac is into this too! His arms say "Whoop it wif a Belt!" I love it.
Post if your'e interested and we'll come up with a price and dole some out. It's all good fun.
Right now I'm working on rear organizing chests. They're different than the Australian Outback drawers. I have the AO on my 105 in Germany. They're cool, but mine are cooler. But, mine are a different approach and might not be for everyone. What I'm trying to do is solve where you put water for camping and how to get more drawers. I have a 5'x10' CNC router in my hobby shop. Some guys buy Ferraris; I buy machines. Tomorrow I cut the first of the final design. I'll be making ten sets, enough for my group of friends. Again, fun.
Meanwhile, Wayne Brinkley, our best metal worker and car designer is working on our gas tank design. It'll be good. The control arms are 100% Wayne's work, except the engraving which is mine.
Our motors are all good, either naturally, or by us rebuilding them. The cars are looking spiffy.
I have to admit I've bought a few, because I found some low mileage cars in the 18months that we were collecting our fleet. One was a 97 with 54k, and very clean, but get this, and this NEVER happens to me, but it did this time. I actually bought a '97 LX450 with 5k miles. You read that right. 5K miles. It was a total time capsule, and still had the new car stickers in the interior. Original tires soft as a lamb. Perfect show room mint condition. Made me cry, and it's my favorite car I've ever owned. I supercharged it and left the rest stock just cuz. It's ridiculous, and it was on Craigslist.......for about 5 minutes before I saw it. I was totally at the right place at the right time. It was like I went back in time, 14 years and bought a brand new car. It was made in the end Dec of 1997, one of the very last Series 80s for the U.S.
Anyway, that's a little more about what I'm up to. Thanks for the interest. As I get time, I'll put some pics on photobucket or something and get links or whatever it takes to put more pics up here. I'm not totally sure how to do it, but I'll work on it.
Bob
For those who asked, the control arms are built with 7 degrees of caster correction. It appears that you need about 1.75 degrees per 1" of lift, thus a 4" lift requires 7 degrees. These cars have 4" Frankie springs.
I just did a few cruisers with OME 2" lift springs and Nitrocharger Sport shocks. Nice, easy lift. But what I'm finding out is that different springs give different lift, sort of regardless of what they say they do. A 2" heavy OME lift took my stock cruiser up 4", and so the 2degree castor correction busings aren't really enough. These springs are supposed to settle down when I put my rack and ARB bumpers on. The ARB rear is a heavy piece of stuff. We use both ARB front bars and SLee Short Bus bars, which is just so beautifully designed. I love the Slee front and nothing compares to an ARB rear on an 80. I can't say enough about Ben and Christo at Slee. They've helped me a great deal. Seth up at ARB in Seattle has begun helping me too. Friendly people.
If people are interested in these arms we could make some for sale. They're not cheap cuz the aluminum itself is pretty spendy. But they're really nice. Maybe we could do custom engraving for a little extra charge to make them unique enough to get wife approval. I've done two, the one I posted and one for my friend Zac Brown, whom I'm building a cruiser for. Zac is into this too! His arms say "Whoop it wif a Belt!" I love it.
Post if your'e interested and we'll come up with a price and dole some out. It's all good fun.
Right now I'm working on rear organizing chests. They're different than the Australian Outback drawers. I have the AO on my 105 in Germany. They're cool, but mine are cooler. But, mine are a different approach and might not be for everyone. What I'm trying to do is solve where you put water for camping and how to get more drawers. I have a 5'x10' CNC router in my hobby shop. Some guys buy Ferraris; I buy machines. Tomorrow I cut the first of the final design. I'll be making ten sets, enough for my group of friends. Again, fun.
Meanwhile, Wayne Brinkley, our best metal worker and car designer is working on our gas tank design. It'll be good. The control arms are 100% Wayne's work, except the engraving which is mine.
Our motors are all good, either naturally, or by us rebuilding them. The cars are looking spiffy.
I have to admit I've bought a few, because I found some low mileage cars in the 18months that we were collecting our fleet. One was a 97 with 54k, and very clean, but get this, and this NEVER happens to me, but it did this time. I actually bought a '97 LX450 with 5k miles. You read that right. 5K miles. It was a total time capsule, and still had the new car stickers in the interior. Original tires soft as a lamb. Perfect show room mint condition. Made me cry, and it's my favorite car I've ever owned. I supercharged it and left the rest stock just cuz. It's ridiculous, and it was on Craigslist.......for about 5 minutes before I saw it. I was totally at the right place at the right time. It was like I went back in time, 14 years and bought a brand new car. It was made in the end Dec of 1997, one of the very last Series 80s for the U.S.
Anyway, that's a little more about what I'm up to. Thanks for the interest. As I get time, I'll put some pics on photobucket or something and get links or whatever it takes to put more pics up here. I'm not totally sure how to do it, but I'll work on it.
Bob
ToyotaDon
I am here
That's an awesome story, Bob!
Nice to hear about others who love these rigs and spend time making them better.
Nice to hear about others who love these rigs and spend time making them better.
...and I thought I was lucky to find mine at 40K and in showroom condition. 
Its just so cool that after all these years of building and creating, you again found something special to become passionate about and begin building and creating again... Look forward to seeing your drawer system and how you worked out your water.
Thanks for sharing your story, and taking the time to post here!
Its just so cool that after all these years of building and creating, you again found something special to become passionate about and begin building and creating again... Look forward to seeing your drawer system and how you worked out your water.
Thanks for sharing your story, and taking the time to post here!
I'd be interested in buying some of your control arms. They look amazing.
It's like your own 80 group think. I dig innovation.
Buck
Buck
Anyone have these arms or if they’re still in production?
