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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 07:06 PM
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I was looking thru my dresser bottom drawer, and came across my 54 Pan. This was in 1970 or thereabouts. I put this together from parts, when I was about 20. I rebuilt the engine in my NY apartment, on the kitchen floor.

I didn't take many pictures back in those days(wish I had) because I wasn't thinking pic's back then. I also found a pic on my 67 Sportster. Guess I need to look in there more often, or at least go thru the stuff in there.
 
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sweet. Hated the 16+ over front ends but that was the thing back then
 
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 07:25 PM
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If I remember right it was 12" over, but then again it was in the 70's, and most things were foggy back them. There is a saying "If you remember the 70's, you weren't there"
 
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Dang that's Sweeeet........
 
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Originally Posted by pigbike
I was looking thru my dresser bottom drawer, and came across my 54 Pan. This was in 1970 or thereabouts. I put this together from parts, when I was about 20. I rebuilt the engine in my NY apartment, on the kitchen floor.

I didn't take many pictures back in those days(wish I had) because I wasn't thinking pic's back then. I also found a pic on my 67 Sportster. Guess I need to look in there more often, or at least go thru the stuff in there.
I know what you mean about taking pictures. There is a bunch of stuff I wish I still had pictures of but I suck at taking pictures.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 08:22 PM
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Wow....
 
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Originally Posted by pigbike
If I remember right it was 12" over, but then again it was in the 70's, and most things were foggy back them. There is a saying "If you remember the 70's, you weren't there"
Hee hee wish I could go back some times.I had a ton of pictures from back then that got destroyed in a flood.Lots of memories left though.
 
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Very cool old Pan. Talk about buckhorns, those are BUCKHORNS. It does look like right out of the 60's or 70's. I bet those short drag pipes really talked.
 
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i rebuilt my '42 WLA Flattie in my kitchen, too. (The 60's were good to me LOL) Bet u wish u still had ur pan!
 
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