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There was a small puncture crack in Paul's 37 ulh case, this is the motor that was in the three piece frame from a few posts ago. Sometime over the last 73 years the bike must have hit something pretty hard.
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here it is all ground out, it is really important to grind out all of the cracks when welding aluminum, if you miss just a little bit of one, it will spread when you are welding it.
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Here it is all welded up and sanded down. This is a pretty easy repair. I am in love with aluminum welding.
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Here is a pic of my daddy's 53 tanks with the emblems on them. We are going to plate a rear fender and front fender for the bike too. I think that he is secretly trying to compete with my uncle ricky and have a flashier panhead. Even with the chrome sheet metal, we will have a ways to go. I am trying to talk him into painting pink diamonds on top of the tanks and fenders, but he is still undecided.
VERY NICE
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