More pictures of the 47 build, in no special order, added March 25, 2020

First, some pictures from last Summer, when the frame was painted. This is a reproduction frame that closely resembles a ‘54 straight leg panhead frame. The look is right for a big twin Flathead, although close inspection would pick out details that differ from the Knuckle frame that a 47UL would have used. Not glaring, but noticeable to the discerning eye. More space between the top of the engine and the top frame tube, and the later continuous pad for the front motor mount. The frame is American made by a craftsman located in the Northeastern US. The quality is excellent, everything fits just as it should. I’ve been using his frames for my builds for 9 years now.

Raw, blasted frame

In Primer…

I made a “rotisserie” attachment for my bike stand/cart so as to make it easy to paint frames topside and bottomside. It’s worked out quite well, this the 3rd frame I’ve done, I adapted it to do swingarm as well as a Sporty frame.

Here are some more pics, these are of the tranny case. This was a real find, came from the Oley Antique meet, it looked almost unused. The D 6 date code indicates April 1946, a little early for a ‘47, but close. Maybe it got misplaced for a year :-)

As can be seen from these pics after a quick blast to clean them, the case is in really nice condition.

And here are a couple of pics of the belly numbers for the ‘47:

And a few pictures of the gas tanks after blasting, not too many dings!

Someone in the past had brazed the 3 nubs on the tank for some sort of badge. Obviously, we ground them off and then added the brackets for the ‘47 style badges.