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| | | daz | | Zeus |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,718 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Oct 2014 - 14:59 Post title : $1.3 million | | | The harley from the easy rider movie just sold at auction. I'd rather buy a Tbird and a bonnie and R3 and a diavel and a few more, plus a house with a huge garage to keep them in.  By the way, with such a rake, what the hell do they make those fork tubes out of to keep from collapsing? (rhetorical Q, but jesus...)
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| | | essbjay | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/02/2012 | | Posts | : | 328 | | Location | : | Melbourne (ex Lowestoft, UK), VIC, Australia |
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| | Posted : 20 Oct 2014 - 00:54 Post title : Re: $1.3 million (Re: daz) | | |
I know that on the copy made in the UK soon after the film came out the "telescopics" were actually 2 bits of scaffolding pipe welded up..... they tried forks but they just kept folding..!!
| Colin Chapman once said: "If you add horsepower you'll be quick on the straight,...but if you remove weight you'll be quicker everywhere.." ....so why in hell did I buy a Thunderbird...!!!
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| | | KingOfFleece | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 30/09/2009 | | Posts | : | 304 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 21 Oct 2014 - 13:58 Post title : Re: $1.3 million (Re: essbjay) | | | There's no way to know if that is one of the 5 bikes (I think 5) made for the movie.
I've seen very realistic replicas in several collections.
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| | | daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,718 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 21 Oct 2014 - 15:45 Post title : Re: $1.3 million (Re: KingOfFleece) | | | Well, not sure how accurate, but peter fonda authenticated it if thats of any consequence. We don't know what info he has that can authenticate it reliably. But i believe the guy who owned it previously had it for many years from a point at which it was likely much easier to authenticate. May have gone right from the movie set to him or whatever. There were 4 made from what the news said.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| | | Leethal | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/01/2011 | | Posts | : | 6,536 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 21 Oct 2014 - 21:10 Post title : Re: $1.3 million (Re: daz) | | | You would think for $1.3 they could have put some air in the tyres.
| Experience is something you get just after you needed it 
1600,Foran Razorbacks, Meerkat bypass, Dyno tune, real headlight,plenty of chrome,switchblade pegs, Nitron R3 shocks & Ikon progressive fork springs etc. Scorpion Western Low handlebars. PH adjustable fork caps.
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| | | daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,718 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 21 Oct 2014 - 21:28 Post title : Re: $1.3 million (Re: Leethal) | | | They don't wanna mix todays air with that vintage air thats been in them since '69.
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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