{"id":874,"date":"2018-07-06T22:31:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T22:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.statorgears.com\/?p=874"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T15:01:35","slug":"wtf-friday-falcon-punched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.statorgears.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/06\/wtf-friday-falcon-punched\/","title":{"rendered":"WTF Friday: Falcon Punched"},"content":{"rendered":"

The creativity of individuals when presented with a bushel of lemons never ceases to astound. Skyler Bethel had single owner, low km 1964 Ford Falcon roll into his shop and usually<\/em> that would be a good thing but that wasn\u2019t the case with this bird.<\/p>\n

This particular Falcon has a tree fall on top of it creating significant damage.<\/p>\n

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Unsure of what to do with his twisted metal the owner sold the car to Skyler on the cheap.<\/p>\n

Skyler parted out what he could of the car, but kept the running gear because it had quite a bit of life left in it.<\/p>\n

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Starting with he drive line, he made an interesting sort of transaxle out of the motor, a very short drive shaft, and the transmission.<\/p>\n

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A lot of creativity, a coil spring, and some square tube later and Skyler was one tractor seat away from a very custom trike.<\/p>\n

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He built the car, or bike, or whatever it can be registered as, in a mere 18 days. It\u2019s mostly completed but he plans on finishing up the handle bars a bit better and adding some more tasteful tail lights.<\/p>\n

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For 18 days work of work though, this trike isn\u2019t all that much to scoff at. Probably won\u2019t win any beauty pageants but imagine it\u2019s one hell of a drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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