Trivia Kinda?

As rare as 'outside-oiler' panheads, this is almost an obscenity. I would trade a set of shovel heads & barrels, which are stronger & breathe better, to anyone who has a good outside oiler Pan top-end!

A couple of hot-rodders I know built a Shov-ster (Shovel heads & barrels grafted to a Sportster) back in the '80's that is still running today, as far as I know.

The wildest graft job I ever saw was in Big Bike mag in 1972, where some maniac grafted a Shovel top to a WR-45 crankcase. It was 84", turned 90hp. and only weighed 203lb. wet. The builder was a gorilla. If the cover photo was the one I remember, the builder was standing in front of the photog, HOLDING THE BIKE IN HIS ARMS!

I stand corrected. . . . this graft job was called the ".45 Magnum"

I talked to a brother tonight, and he reminded me this graft job used bored out SPORTSTER cylinders & heads, not shovels, but it was still one hairy 'MUTHA'!

Panster Facts

The Panster is built from a 1963 Panhead top end on a 1973 Sportster bottom end

1100cc 61 cubic inches. Bore: 3 7/16 Stroke: 3 13/16

Owner: Beulah Reiser

Paint by: Deep Shine

Power Coating: Columbus Custom Powder Coating

1918 custom built Harley-Davidson Side Car with air ride

havent seen anything like that for quite a while. used to see one now & then at the strip . the last one I can remember seeing was a shovester on the trailer dyno at sturgis in 93 or 94.

a couple of farm boys had built it with axtel cylinders (I think) & shovel heads on sporty cases. it was the only bike to break 100 hp in the hour or so I stood around there.

several companys make big valve custom heads now so people just buy those I guess.

good luck on finding your old bike. if I run across one at a show I'll get the info for ya.

Motoman nice try, but that is just a Sportster w/Pan jugs and heads. The Panster (Ted, the builder called it a 74ster) I seen around 70 or 71 was a Pan mill heli-arced to a Sporty trans. (used pan, sporty and K model parts) This bike was built by Ted who was at the time the head mechanic at C M & H Harley in Grand Junction,CO Somewhere I have a pic but 35mm not ditgital.

If you really must know here is a link to an engine builder who still makes them.

https://www.usfreeads.com/926601-cls.html

will see a frankenstein every now and then, but haven't seen one of these pansters yet

isn't some dude drag racing one somewhere?? maybe up in ohio or new york state?

it was built way back

there is no such animal.