The rat bikes front wheel and frame are 75 Yamaha 400, the transmission is 48 Ford truck 4 spd, the rear axle is from a 73 Ford Maverick, the seat is from a Shields Bantam excevator, jackshaft and drive from a Versatile 103 windrower and the little JD model E 3 hp hit & miss engine.
Got it running for a couple parades last fall and this year added a foot throttle and clutch ( with chrome "bare foot" pedal covers, plus flag mounts. The ET mag wheels and JC penney wide white letter tires are stuff I took in trade 40 years ago. Also gave the chassis a coat of flat black this year.
Spectators get a chuckle out of it's "karoomp, woosha, whoosha, whoosha" exhaust note through the 6 inch chrome exhaust stack. Lotsa fun and a great conversation starter.
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