Harley-Davidson Package Truck Resto-Mod is Oddly Beautiful

This resto-modded package truck is solid proof that nearly any old thing that holds a small part in history can be brought back to life and made into something awesome.

Dan Rognsvoog aka Cabana Dan was looking for an addition to his recently restored 1913 Harley-Davidson Single. His passion for older motorcycles fueled a desire to find something historically interesting that could still be useful and serve a function. That’s how he landed on a package truck, an odd cousin to the sidecar that was used by businesses for both advertising and deliveries.

“Last summer in Sturgis, I talked with Arlen Ness about his 1920s-style sidecar kits that he sold, and we discussed that no one had ever customized it to make the kit into a package delivery bike,” Rognsvoog told Hot Bike. “Harley-Davidson made Package Truck-equipped motorcycles from about 1915 to 1957. The bikes were used for utilitarian purposes, like newspaper deliveries and sales, and were also customized for businesses to promote themselves.

So, Cabana Dan talked to everybody from Blue Moon Kustoms to the Harley-Davidson Museum to Arlen Ness in order to figure out how to make it work. And this is the beautiful result:

Via [Hot Bike]