Ford Econoline Custom 100 Van 1972 : SOLD!

Bought this FORD Econoline E100 1972 Van in 1996 to move all my BMX parts and travelled all over Europe (Freestyle CH Zurich/KOC and Backyard Jam UK/10+ times to the Masters Germany etc) and had a lot of Superstars in this awesome Van. (Mat Hoffman, Dave Mirra, Colin Winkelman R.I.P., Sergio Layos, Punjab, Biz, Javier Ortega and lots more). Now after 15 years its time to let it go, a nice gentleman from Beverwijk will take care of it and keep it in good shape. Thanks my friend for the 15 awesome years!!!

Zion Park 2011

"Bagger" is not a nice word in Dutch but I like riding them in the USA, the radio is awesome and even like the riding position. Roadglides are doing what they are meant for: glide on the roads. No its not my next bike.

Chopcult feature: Avy's Bike by Hoodlum Society

Check it out: http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/paul-dejongs-ironhead-chopper.html

Workshop Wednesday: New Tank & Seat for the 1967 Ironhead

It took a while but the '67 Ironhead is looking way better: New ribbed tank will be installed soon, no paintjob planned so will be scotchbrite silver with clearcoat for now. The Duane Ballard seat is BITCHIN' ! You never saw a more detailed seat in your life, Duane is a bad ass. He is making seats for Paul Yaffe, Kim Boyle and lots of well known chopper builders and I'm stoked to have a real DB seat on my daugthers Avy's bike. It took a while but it was worth the wait. Now saving money for a seat for Boyd's 1972 Ironhead.

VANS off the Wall!

Don't be jealous, yes these are SLAYER VANS Slip ons and yes the others are Max Schaaf 4Q second edition. Customer # 00000001 paid his bill with these shoes, Black Money is golden but limited edition VANS is the best! Thanks Team for the awesome shoes and hope you are happy with your parts.

Today it was "Front brake day" for the '72. I bought an AMF cast wheel and sandblasted the bastard for hours and after putting it into the forks it turned out to be crooked so I wasted money and time, Naice! So back to the '86 frontwheel with a tire from the '67 with brake controls of the '72, do you still get it? I don't like to mix all kinds of stuff but with lack of money its the only thing to do and its fun to make it work even if it takes way longer. Cleaned the frontwheel/disc/brakecaliper/bolts so it looks like new even if the stuff is 25 years old. Lots of trouble with the brake line but it worked out in the end, no testride yet but will do soon. New Universal Motocross bars (de-anodised and pearlblasted) and grinded the brake lever so it fits the MX throttle.

FIRST CUSTOMER AT HOODLUM SOCIETY!

Today we had our first customer at the Hoodlum Society Workshop Wednesday shop: Andy Z from Germany. He bought a nice Harley-Davidson but it needed some small changes like a powder coat on the Tank dash/Horn cover/Chainguard/primary cover disc and this ugly sissybar. I cut the sissy bar cause we need the two rods as spacers (they were Euro 180,00! at the HD Dealer) so now Andy has the two for Euro 162,00. He saves 10%! hahhaa just kidding, I will keep the rest of the sissybar for my chopper and we are even. Thanks Andy for trusting us to do some work on your bike, Customer #00000001. New disc grinder I got from my lovely wife as present for my upcoming birthday Satuaday, it worked awesome, thanks again.

Please don't tell to other "chopper builders" ...

How cool is this! Bubble visor to make your Harley-Davidson a real racebike... Air is streaming better and will make you go at least 1 mile/hour faster and maybe it also gains 1/3 hp. Test ride next week. You saw this first at Hoodlum Society, proof me wrong.

Workshop Wednesday is Back! Not counting anymore....

I replaced the plastic gas filters cause they broke down after some weeks so only use metal filter housings from now on. Nice "flaming filter" for the '67 Ironhead and normal chrome metal house for the Flattracker. Lets see how long they last this time, the one on the '72 Ironhead is on for almost 5 years now with no problems so far. Next up: Exhaust for the 67, Mikuni Carb for the 86, Frontwheel/brake/forward controls for the 72 so lots of projects in this very busy time.

Workshop is closed till August

Time for Holidays so we won't be back before August. Projects in the works: Brakepedal for the XLH1000, made of Webco BMX crankarms, SNAFU BMX pedal axles, HARO BMX pegs, just like the shifter on the other side. Frontend of the 72 Ironhead will be an AMF cast wheel which I sandblasted for hours, the 11 1/2 inch disc is not working so I have to solve that problem when I'm back. Also the 67 Ironhead needs some new exhausts, I took the 1986 pipes and I like it very much so far, hope they are louder than the super silence slash cut pipes right now, I can hardly HEAR if the bike is still running, of course you don't need to hear an Ironhead cause it shakes you silly. We will be back!

Workshop Wednesday #31: 1983 SE Quadangle BMX bike

Never been a big fan of SE racing cause I was a TORKER guy but I can't say the SE stuff looked good, baby blue/tan/brown are not my favourite colors either but they are a perfect match, don't know if Scott Breithaupt was on illegal substance when he choose them hahaha. This 1983 SE Quadangle was laying in a chicken barn for years but after some new paint and parts it looks like a new 83 Quad.

EL DIABLO RUN 2011 DAY 4: Road to Ensenada

We left Ruben's Camp in the morning and had breakfast at the first gasstop. Although I had breakfast with famous guys before, this one topped it all: Gun's and Roses guitar player Gilby Clark was sitting next to me! (guy with the white t-shirt checking out my cool Sportster 883...). What a good start of the day, we found McGoo on the floor of the gasstation, he must be testing his Biltwell goggles for dust & gas. They passed the test and will be for sale in a few months. We saw some dust on the left side and decided to stop and found out it was the BAJA 1000 coming 2 foot from the road we were riding on, but nicely guarded by a snow fence (were in the hell do they buy snow fences in Mexico) and checked it out. I'm hooked! Can't ride a BAJA in Holland but I'm already looking for 4x4 trucks. We had an easy ride to Ensenada cause I thought it was another 100 miles but they have kilometers in Mexico so that saved some time. The big Mexican flag in Ensenada is really big: 30 meters by 75 meters! believe it or not!

Workshop Wednesday #30: Odyssey Battery and Ignition covers

Odyssey is a BMX brand I do not really like but they make some good stuff, hope this Odyssey Battery is holding up fine on the XL1100. Not related with the BMX brand but the sticker/logo is almost identical. Also switched the ignition covers, the XL1000 can open some beers now with the BILTWELL alcohol powered iginition cover and the Flat tracker is superfast now with the Benchmark ribbed cover. BCM changed to BMC lately. Also did some scotchbrite cleaning on this side and it turned out real nice, no need for new covers for a while. Next up is a Mikuni 420 carburator on this Flat tracker and hope to have new prototype Biltwell footpegs soon.

Bottrop Kustom Kulture Show 2011

This was my first and not last visit at the Bottrop Kustom Kulture show. We had a tight schedule and met up with Andy Zeiss at the parking lot before the show opened at 3 p.m. and cars & bikes were arriving from all over Europe. The Flakekings had a nice "watertight" setup and it was nice to meet Dan Collins and Kutty Noteboom again after my trip last May. Hope to stay longer next year, we might have a booth in 2012.

Best day of 2011: Motocross still rules!

Last monday was the best day of 2011: MX still rules! I was really thinking about selling my MX bike and call it quits, being 43 doesn't make it easier to find time to go ride and to recover after riding. But the guys at TMV had their "customer trackday" and for the 3rd time it was awesome. Started at 10:15 a.m and stopped at 3 p.m just for the BBQ so it was a nice session. Okay, another year is added to my "MX career"....
Don't call me for MX Freestyle shows, or you really want to see my famous No Footers hahaha.
All pictures by Bart de Jong from EBC/www.fatbmx.com

FORD E100 ECONOLINE 1972 FOR SALE!

15 Years ago I bought this 1972 Econoline E100 VAN and travelled all over Europe and now it's time to let it go. Too much toys and no time so you can own this awesome VAN and start having fun. Lots of pictures to email and show you the in-s and out-s. These pictures are taken this morning so no "archive pictures", here some info:

- FORD ECONOLINE E100 1972 Camper (Oldtimer so no tax in Holland)
- LPG 116ltr Prins installation (doesn't run on regular gas cause there is a hole in the gastank)
- V8 302 Engine (new valves (LPG) / Head done at 100.000 miles) now 120.000 miles
- Automatic transmission totally rebuilt at 90.000 miles
- APK Oktober 2012 (every two years in Holland)
- New front shocks, Brake master cylinder, stereo
- Inside: 2 new Sport seats with new belts, alu diamond plate floor etc.

More info for tire kickers, time wasters:
No this is NOT a new VAN, its from 1972 so no power steering, power brakes, this is for real men! No the paintjob is NOT 100%, little spots of chipped paint, some rust on the lower doors/hood/roof, yes it was perfect 10 years ago but now you have to do some work. No its not Euro 1000,-, thats the price of a shitty Ford Escort: the car that you are looking for and suits you.

Price Euro 8950,00
email: biltwell@upcmail.nl