"Not the Normal" builds, from WCC

[FRANKTHECRANK]

Originally Posted by dirty d

I dig them old school flake jobs, since he's LBC he takes alot of that old school Lowrider multi color candies and flakes and incorporates them into the paint schemes. Lowriders been doing it for a while now. Im glad too, so much more out there than black. Not that i dont like black. but for the coin dem cats pay for a bike from WCC its nice to see some nice paint.

Couldn't agree with you more, dirty d. The lowrider culture has always revolved around the wildest paint jobs around. Back in the 70s or today.

I like watching "Livin the Low Life" on the Speed channel for the paint work shown,.........and,... 90% of lowriders are usually Chebbys, man.

I love Chebbys.

[dirty d]

I was showing a friend of mine some old school low rider paint to get some ideas the other day. Some folks think that its relatively new, take a look at the gypsy rose a car done in a garage back in the day, which is now on display at the Peterson museum. The dude that painted that was one cool as painter. I think he is now doing upholstery or something like that. But they knew all the tricks, the water drops, the acetylene soot, burnt checkers, doily's silk stockings layers of candy's with clear cuts all the shnizzie. alot in the L.A. area. Cool shit Frank. P.S. this was B4 powder coat was affordable, hell it may not even have been invented yet so all was painted and had to hold up. Shit reemember the days when you had to engineer where you would run your battery vent tube so as not to ruin your flake job when it puked on the hot day trips to laughlin, yeah before it became a yuppie hang out. haha

[7stretch4drop]

we got a lot of lowriders still running around here in san jose, ca - some pretty wild paint jobs with lots of hours in them. on the right bikes, the multi-color candies look pretty sick...

[JDOT32]

Originally Posted by FRANKTHECRANK

This will be the style of flame job I put on my Villain tank.

I just don't know the color combo. yet.

The style I usually do are long sweeping licks, that over lap a bit, but this style looks great on this type of tank. Just my $.02.

I agree with you Frank. I had my villain tank painted similiar to that style. The flames have little flake in them and looks great in the sun.

[JDOT32]

BTW, a little of subject but since we are talking about JJ, anybody know what's up with Garage mag? I have not seen a new one in awhile.

[tod75154]

Another off subject one.. but I found you a tool box on E earlier frank.. Jesse James signature box and he also had listed a 210 piece Jesse James signature set of tools... Mac tools black finish with west coast cross ..

[promad]

ditto on the garage mag been 5 or 6 months , and i have that toolset its badass.

[dirty d]

i have old crusty craftsman pro, and some snap on. but I think the craftsman regular old screwdrivers are the best. and when something breaks sears is just down the road. hard to catch the snap on dude sometimes.

[tod75154]

I have the old crusty Craftsman pro set myself... good stuff and like you said, right down the road.. My brother the Heavy Equip. Mechanic has the 15k tool box and the snap-on and mac tools loans that equal more than his mortgage lol.... Damn tool box I think he could crawl up in and live in that thing though, Stereo, microwave, fridge... lol

Frank wasn't jackin oyur thread man, I brought up the tools cause they were Jesse Sig series... but I digress....

[FRANKTHECRANK]

Originally Posted by JDOT32

I agree with you Frank. I had my villain tank painted similiar to that style. The flames have little flake in them and looks great in the sun.

JDOT, your bike is bad ass. Cool brass pegs, too.

[FRANKTHECRANK]

Originally Posted by JDOT32

BTW, a little of subject but since we are talking about JJ, anybody know what's up with Garage mag? I have not seen a new one in awhile.

Garage has never been on magazine stands here in RI. The first one I bought I found in Indiana, believe it or not, on a bus trip with my daughter's softball team, that I coach.

I bought a few more on ebay, and have thought of subscribing. There is still a web site for it so I assume it's still being printed.

[FRANKTHECRANK]

Originally Posted by tod75154

Frank wasn't jackin oyur thread man, I brought up the tools cause they were Jesse Sig series... but I digress....

No problem, Tod.

I have a tall Craftsman 3 box tower as tall as me at work, and at home a big Husky black upper and lower, and a Craftman upper and lower, back up box.

I do have one set of the JJ tools. Bought them off ebay. What a deal. It's a 90 pc rachet and socket set. All Mac tools, 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 rachets, metric and standard sockets, deep and shallow, with extensions, etc... all for $175.00.

That's less than $2 a tool. We have a Mac guy who comes to where I work each week. One rack of 8 chrome sockets are about $125.00,...without being signature series. Chip Foose is the name they're pedaling now.

[FRANKTHECRANK]

Last thing on tool boxes. The Husky upper and lower box I got a Home Depot, are almost the exact boxes that my Mac man has in his truck. Both have ball bearing drawers, hyd. piston operated top cover, heavy duty constuction, and the same, exact, chrome directional "mag" wheel casters.

The difference,.......Mac boxes total price,...between 8 and 10 grand.

Husky price,...between $900.00 and $1000.00.

[FRANKTHECRANK]

Originally Posted by rastoy

Frank - where did you get the pics of the sidehack? Are there any more? I'ld like to see a bunch - I'm working on mine (sidehack) now.

Hey rastoy, the bike is on the cover and has a feature in the mag called "HEAVY DUTY" this month. I just picked it up last night. It's a bike mag from Australia. Bigger format than American mags with great photos. Sent you a PM.

[JDOT32]

Originally Posted by FRANKTHECRANK

JDOT, your bike is bad ass. Cool brass pegs, too.

Thanx Frank. Back to the thread you started. Any pics of James Hetfield's bike? I think that would fit here.