Thanks to everyone who’s given encouragement on the “newbie’s” thread.
I figure I’d try and document the build on a thread to show what this rescue has entailed so far.
I found this sitting on some private land near me in Los Angeles. Beneath some oak trees. The daughter of the original owner was clearing out his house after he passed away. UnFortunately I got to the clean out a day too late and the body that the gentleman had for it was already taken.
The pan has been shortened to the standard sportster length and has been welded quite professionally. I’ve crawled all over and under the pan looking for rust but there’s none to be found. It appears that the body had been stored on top of it covered by a tarp. But 30 years of rats nest was covering the whole thing. 4” in some places. 
the wheels are a bit janky and the tires BARELY made it home on the tow dolly
Here’s video when I discovered it turned over: https://youtube.com/shorts/p3z-nC1MdtM?feature=share
and here’s one of the state of the tires:
https://youtube.com/shorts/88V0swX6530?feature=share
and finally tonight a quick vid of the starter cranking it over for the first time in 30+ years!
https://youtube.com/shorts/FDyDIZEadhg?feature=share
I’ll try to post as I make progress. I found a set of tires this week and have installed them- it makes it much easier to move around!
This is the wheel weights I found on just one of the rims… pretty incredible haha!
His Spyder has been in R&D for a while; but making headway on it now.
