corvair powered chopper

[kustumizer]

Looking for a corvair powered chopper that was built by kelsey martin in mass. in the 60s-70s era. Has a wild molded frame with a crazy scroll paint job all over it with a springer or girder front end with a corvair motor powering it. Any tips would be helpful Thanks

[mikes51]

Owned by Chuck Tearmino? Thought it had flames. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[kustumizer]

must be a different one when it was first built it had a scroll style paint job on it!

[mikes51]

Got this from some old mags I have. Looks like the corvair box has a sprocket and it's driving a HD trans.

[FLAT-TOP BOB]

norm grabowski built one in 1964. in 1965 its was motorcyclist magazine custom bike of the year. its was built on an indian frame and had a stock corvair motor with dual carbs and neat valve covers with the name six/pack cast into them. the exhaust is one off and realy wild! i have a photo of the magazine cover i can e-mail someone if they could resize it and get it posted.

[FLAT-TOP BOB]

i forgot in 1968 norm's bike was on the cover of cycle guide. by then norm had added a side car!

[mikes51]

flattop's mag cover

[ray]

looks great for a parapalegic.

[safariknut]

Here's an old pic.Sorry for the poor quality;it's a Polaroid that is cracking badly.The only other pic I have is of just the tank and it came out of an article on custom paint.I'm sure Kelsey would be VERY interested in it's whereabouts!That other pic looks like it could be the one.
P.S. Tell Kelsey I said hello if you see him.
Ray

[safariknut]

The tank

[kustumizer]

yep thats the bike the unholy. Do you know of its wereabouts ray? Here are some pics of other chops hes built!!!

[kustumizer]

Hey ray my stepdad Kirt hussey wants me to ask you if your Ray Smith? Heres some more pics!!

[kustumizer]

another

[kustumizer]

another pic

[kustumizer]

more

[kustumizer]

more pic

[safariknut]

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Hey ray my stepdad Kirt hussey wants me to ask you if your Ray Smith? Heres some more pics!!

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Guilty as charged

[gettingreasy]

Damn, that trump third from the bottom is fuckin great, I'll be taking the sawzall to mine towmorrow because of that bike.
-Jesse

[safariknut]

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Damn, that trump third from the bottom is fuckin great, I'll be taking the sawzall to mine towmorrow because of that bike.
-Jesse

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What's really amazing is that bike was built in 1969 or 1970 originally in Tangerine Metalflake with different colored patterns.What dates the bike is that the boxx affair on the top of the tank is an 8-track tape player(!)and the speaker for it is in the headrest looking piece at the top of the moulded fender.It was repainted pearl with the scrolls in 72 or 73 and the Judson supercharger added and was featured in several magazines about that time.
A lot of people said the bike was strictly for show as there was no way to put gas in the tank.Well,if you look closely in frtont of the tape deck,there is a small cap that lifts off to reveal a small filler opening.You have to use a funnel to put the gas in but you can do it.
Kelsey sold the bike many years ago and got it back some time ago as he did with several of his creations.

[gettingreasy]

Actually I was talkin about the one with stock frame, short girder and slick in the rear. I like stock framed custom bikes from sixties. Dare I say it but I always liked Arlen Ness's Frisco Sporties he built in the mid sixties with basicly raked stock frames and solid struts versus shocks, and always a wild lace or panel paint job.
-Jesse

[dbritton]

My boss is looking for information on this bike. In particular, he'd like to know which magazine this cover shot is from.

http://luckybastards-mc.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/scan00036.jpg

[turboroadster]

the answer for all of the above questions probably could be found at the sister site www.jockeyjournal.com tons of bike knowledge there