NZ Hot Rod

Toolbox TALES

WHILE working in furniture removals in 1963, Californian Arlen Ness spotted a ’47 Harley Davidson Knucklehead for sale. He bought it, and then hung out with a friend who did custom paint jobs on motorcycle tanks, passing on tips to young Arlen, who practised his own paint jobs, flames, candy, graphics, he’d try it all.

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