KUSTOM PAINT FOR GN-8

Painted this splash guard / wind screen for Jim Bandalin's GN-8 "TIN MAN". Jim fabbed this up at his shop in Santa Ana where he has a company that fabricates heating and air conditioning duct work. Jim just finished a '77 Yamaha TT 500, built like a flat tracker and it's street legal. It's so bad ass!! He's also collecting parts to finish a Denver Chopper from back in the day. Stay tuned for more photos. Thanks to Dennis Johnson for shooting a high res shot of this that will end up in next month's Performance Boat Magazine.

JIM "TIN MAN" BANDALIN

After stopping by the Aces Car Show in Santa Ana last saturday (pictures soon) I stopped in to see my friend Jim. He's always up to something radical. He is really close to getting his '77 Yamaha TT 500 on the street and if I can't get a bike together for next years Hell On Wheels Rally, I'll ride that killer machine!! He has most the parts together for a bitchin' 70's Denver Chopper that he is restoring and he plans on keeping the original paint!! We took the wind/splash guard off of his GN Boat so I could put some paint on it. I'll post pictures of that when its done. He also has the radest posters in his shop. My favorite flatbottom picture ever, "Ups and Downs" referring to the cavitation plates and the pedals that work them up and down or well, you get it!! Flatbottoms Rule!! If you ever need any sheet metal work done, look up "Competitive Sheet Metal" in Santa Ana.