Spenser Thomason's 1974 Shovelhead Chopper

This week's shovelhead was built by Spenser Thomason of Birmingham, Alabama. At last spring's Dixie Roundup Larry Pierce and friends bestowed "Best in Show" accolades on this machine and lavished its owner with decadent prizes from a cavalcade of co-sponsors. Spenser told me via email that his show winner is now for sale. Consider this CC feature a classified ad for the machine that wowed the crowd at GarCo's hillbilly soiree.

If you have questions about this bike that aren't answered by the paltry specs shown, please bombard Spenser with emails here. It's not ChopCult policy to help dudes sell their bikes on our home page, but we're making an exception for Spenser because I was drunk on mooneshine when I met him, and his story sounded sincere.

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Owner/builder: Spenser Thomason

Motor specs: '74 shovel with a cam

Frame specs: Old Santee rigid with stock dimensions

Fork: Old super narrow D&D springer

Custom bits: Spenser built the stainless-steel pipes, the stainless bar, and the air cleaner from an old Chevy rally rim center cap

Back story: The whole damn bike is a good story. Ha!

Thanks: Holly; Larry at Garage Company Customs; Roadside Marty