Here it is, VW / Bradley GTII Tike build

I have a EMPE short shifter on the tunnel in front of the seat.
Gas & Clutch are on the motorcycle handlebars.
Should have left the clutch on the foot pedal I had before!

OK, finally dragged it outside & sanded the inside body lip down & had to sand off the rubber carpet tape also.
Well fiberglass the inside with 3 layers of 1.5oz mat at 2"-4" & 6" to join the body to the new glass work I did on the outside.




So here is a little surprise I though of 2 days ago. There will be next to no storage as I removed the saddle bags. So using the saddle bag idea,, I cut out a door on the rear fender on both side to make storage space like the bags.



The Trike is back from the VW Dr. & runs great. This was a NEW 1835 engine I found in the junk yard & it does have a mild cam in it also.
Added the Alt. & duel 40 carbs, & replace the 1 & 2 jugs & rings.

Skip,
You will have to limit the amount of weight that you store in your storage compartments. Otherwise, you will have even more trouble keeping the front wheel on the ground. I like the idea of adding storage. That is one thing the Bradley didn't offer much of.

OK, tried to avoid it, but guess it need to get done, so here it is!
Hope 1 or 2 of you guys & dolls can make use of it.
I don't think anyone will be cutting up thair fenders, but here's an easy way to make a lip for a door.

Using 3/8" form cut 2" wide, I mounded it around the edge of the storage door with the carpet tape.
Then rounded over the inside edge with sandpaper & made the bottom slope down & out to drain the rain water.
Covered it with the Brown wrapping tape.



Slipped in back in the hole I made in the fender & tape it on the outside to hold it in place.





Then starting with 2" wide mat, glassed it in around the corners with the strand hanging over the rounded corners, then finishing it up with 2 more layer of 4" mat.
Rolled it out to get any bubble out of it.
Two important tools to spend $8.00 each on are the 2 rollers sitting on the shelf.



Will pop the door off tomorrow & trim the new shelf to hold the rubber seal.
Then mount & glass in the hinges to both doors & add the mailbox locks which are keyed alike.

Will add plywood or fiberglass to finish off the box inside. Will silicone around the tail light cut to seal it in there.

NOTE: last picture you can see were the plywood had been cut to clear the tail light housing, OH NO!!! it's not sealed & water can get in there & now you have WOOD ROT!!!!!

Back to work!
Trimmed the lip down for the seal.



tried some form seal & then this door weather seal from a car.
If I use this one will need to trim the lip a little more.



Then cleaned up the edges & tape the door back on.



Mixer up some cabasil power into a paste with resin & used it to mount the hinges inside.
Note the 1/4" rod between the two hinges to keep them in line.
Vest grips to hold till cured.
Will add mat around the mount after they are cured.

Well, I screwed up & put the hinges to close to the lip & it hits the lip, so the door will only work this much.



After thinking about it for a day, drilled a new hole in the middle of the body mount, cut the arm off & tacked it back on.



So now the door will open wider.





Taped up the tail light housing & getting ready to glass a lip lip it so it will be sealed. Then start to build the box.
You can see the mail box locks have been installed also.
The body is now sitting on it's top & leveled it so the seat area is level.

Extending the door side hinge you cut off would give you more travel with the doors. looking great

Both floor panels are glassed in
May do some glassing inside, but not much.

Skip makes it look soooo easy. I tried doing some glassing work myself on my rear engine cover, it did not come out the way I wanted it to after several tries. I asked the wife if we could move to within a few miles of Skip...that was not a good idea either. Still have a bruise from that idea.

Been to cold out there in the 20's for the past few weeks, so no work on the Trike.
But inside, working on the 2 3D Printers & getting back to work on the inkjet T-shirt printer.

Looking at the picture, you may have to grow up a little before you build the Trike.

That's what happen to my friends Bradley GT, we now have a body over here to sell.

I have an Honda GoldWing GL1500 & another GL1500 I built into a Trike plus a 3 wheel car I built.
Also 3 Bradley GTII kit car being worked on.
Also this Winter have built 5 3D printer & working on the inkjet T-Sirt printer.

HEY SKIP,SEARCHING THE INTERNET I FOUND YOU SITE,AND I READ ALL,AND I KNOW NOW WHY YOU ARE SO GOOD WORKING THE FIBER GLASS,AND FROM ALL YOU PROJECTS I LIKE THE REVERSED TRIKE RACOON,I AM ALL MOST SURE YOU USE RENAULT 5 RIMS RIGHT?

Found these rev. light laying around in the garage, so though I would put them on the Bradley Trike which has no bumper.



You can see the light sitting in the tail light hole (think it's a GM model) And all the tools I used to cut the hole.
4.5 cutoff wheel, 4.5 sanding disc & air powered scroll saw from HF.
There is a VERY small lip on the edge which fits flush to the body.
Don't know what to do about the other 2 holes, maybe a light or something.



Here is the VW hood catch which I'm modifying to fit the rear engine cover.
Have trimmed the sides & cut the cup off of it, will mount it under the body with a new plate on top to cover up the old screwed holes.
Also installed a lighter spring on the catch so as not to damage the fiberglass but will still pop the lid open.



More to come on this later.

"Don't know what to do about the other 2 holes, maybe a light or something"

That's easy Skip . . . a couple of eyeballs so you can see out the back!