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Cycle News 1966 07 21

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_. HOW TO MAKE AYAMAHA SIDECAR! ~ ... :"'~:.!JI"~":':"~~l~ The side car I s made of a Cal Automotive 1915 Model T Owen-Comings fi berglas reproduct ion body. It has been spliced and sectioned 18 Inches and then channeled 4 Inches plus cutt ing 21h Inches off the bottom of the body. The frame is engineered by Motorr:ycle Set-ups and Is a flex l-double tube with gussetted brackets that are attached rigid to the Yamaha frame. The T body Is then channeled 2~ Inches over the side car frame. 'T here Is a streamlined racing contoured fair ing Installed on the motorcycle made of fiberglas and a clear plexl-glass windscreen. The windshield on the side car I s made from a shortened and cut Reynolds Aluminum frame duplicate of the 1915 T. The side lamp Is an ornamental Italian Import scrolled bracket candle holder using a 12 volt flickering flame bulb. The taillight originated from a decorative brass bezel with dual candles and red reflected flame bulbs. The Int eri or I s done In modern design "W" pleats In red flake naugahyde with air foam pads and then tr immed with gold flake side panels. Matching seat design Is earrled forth onto the Big Bear Scrambler seat with upholstered knee pads on the sides of the gas tank. The carpets are red mouton fur• . II " This Is the famous motorcycle side car combination built on a 1966 Yamaha Big Bear Scrambler used In Universal 's "Out of SIEht,' a teenaie spy thriller spoof movie. It Is used by the voluptuous '"Flush' starring Rena Horten. Midget passenger Is Billy Curtis. They are constantly chasing the super agent rodZZR and trying to eliminate it with their several different specia l effects. Value I s $8,000. To finish off this unique molorcycle combination Is chopped gold foil aluminum mixed with an acrylic lacquer and then color blended In a Kandy red with 40 coats of plastic clear eeatlng, Since these photos were taken, a Muntz Stereo has been Inst alled. HUM INTO SUMMER • - , • , Look SHARP in Rid ing Outfits by PARR. Trim tap er sh irts, harness le athe r belts , and CYCLE JEANS in Stretch Dese rt Tw ill. Contour top , 5" zip , riders snug seat & hips, legs fit over bools . San forized. In W s t Ho lly- • e d at 807 N• Pol m Ave nue w oo PARR Of ARIZONA • In Pho en ix o t 4407 N. 16 th St. BOX 290 PHOE NIX , AR IZO N A

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