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‘53 Black Panther

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Awesome bike and F&S project. I can't wait until my kids have the patience to work with me on something. My 4yo daughter already shows interest, but after 5 minutes she's banging wrenches against painted things :).
 
Great to see a kid without a joystick in his hand or face buried in a cel phone.....kudos to the "old man" and the kid are in order! Hip Hip.......

Amen to that!
Very glad to see fathers and sons doing projects together, now a days.I know both of you will learn a lot from it. He will learn fundamentals of how to use tools properly; proper nomenclature and assembly of parts and components, fine adjustments of these. He will appreciate it more that he built it.
And you will learn patience and guidance .
Best of all .....the time you two spent together.
 
This is awesome I started rebuilding bikes at 16, I had a great teacher as well.
 
A little progress today...dent repair 101 and then hit the painted parts with two rounds of polishing compound and then a round of wax...really brought out the black...gleaming. Spent a little time on the chrome using flitz and 0000 steel wool. I’m just providing my son with guidance and enthusiasm...”Wow! Looks awesome!” To keep him going. Having a blast!

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Inspired by the cleanup of my crusty ‘40 Hudson, my son took to the chrome parts of his bike tonight. “Are we getting close to building the Panther up?” He asked...keep working kid! Still having fun!

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More work on the panther tonight...started the build up (after homework of course [emoji57])

Added the crank, tank, and steer tube. First time jamming his fingers into grease...pretty funny reaction actually.

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