Trikes and Hot Rods by UNB Customs in 2020.

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We’ve had a pretty special year here at UNB Customs despite all that has happened during 2020. We wrapped up a few long term projects as well as introduced a lot of new people into our trike family. Between building custom trike conversions on motorcycles, selling used trikes, and installing kits on new bikes, it’s been a busy year in the trike shop. For those of you on the newsletter and those following us on Facebook, you’ve seen some of these trikes. But we put together a little video to show you the newest members of our trike family.

We are very thankful to have met everyone and we take immense pride in the part we’ve taken to keeping people riding! The Goldwing, Harley, Triumph, Kawasaki, Victory, Yamaha trike conversions or sidecar addition as well as all the custom installations have been a pleasure to work on.

We also were able to complete a few hot rod restorations this year, the first being Tracy’s Ford Falcon. Uwe Wittkamp met Tracy working together at Evernham Racing. Over the years, a friendship grew. Tracy even helped out at some Trike Shows while they both worked in the NASCAR field. When Tracy saw what could be done by Uwe to restore vehicles, he presented his Dad's 1967 Falcon. Since his Dad was the original owner, Tracy and his brother had driven it on their family farm in Georgia. It was delivered to UNB Customs filled with red clay and showing the use of being driven on their farm. Rebuilt to be a daily driver and restored to the original color with emblems, resealed and detailed the engine, rebuilt the transmission and we used the original seats and door panels. This vehicle was delivered back home to the farm in Georgia complete with Tracy's dad's original self-fabricated trailer hitch. The only thing left to do was for Tracy to take his mom out for a ride in it! You can view the entire gallery here.

Another major hot rod project was a 1930 Model A custom build. Gary had always had a dream to own a 1930 Ford Model A Hot Rod since his teenage years. 2020 UNB delivered. Starting out by finding an original car with the rumble seat. Stripped down and rebuilt under the original steel body with wood framing leaving the original glass. Changing:

  • Ford 351 Windsor

  • New Frame

  • Edelbrock Dual Quad

  • Air Conditioning

  • Electrical Systems: wipers, fuel pump, LED Lights

  • Ford Automatic Transmission

  • Currie Rear End with Posi

  • Rack & Pinion Steering

  • Wilwood Power Brakes

  • New Seats

  • Chrome Extras

It is now at home with Gary! You can view the rest of the gallery here.

Joe brought a 1979 VW Convertible Bug to UNB to get this unit back on the road for a daily driver. Another vehicle that had been in the family and someone had started the restoration on it before arriving at our shop. The motor was not working and so were many of the items needed to make the car function. Being a German, Uwe's knowledge of how the VW was engineered helped put this car back on the road. This vehicle needed everything but paint.

A new style of Goldwing trike conversion we started offering this year was the Goldwing convertible trike. We offer it for the 2018 and newer Goldwings. You can see an in-depth look at how we did it here.

And finally, if you haven’t had a chance to check it out, or if you know someone who has been researching their first trike, we wrote a Trike Buying Guide. Feel free to share it with them or anyone who may be interested, we hope it helps!

We look forward to what 2021 will bring. We already have a few projects underway that we can’t wait to share with you all!