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Spaceliner project

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schwinnman67

Finally riding a big boys bike
Picked up this Spaceliner a few weeks ago and the seller claimed that the lights worked. Pulled it apart and found a mess of home done soldering (light and horn didn't work). I ended up cutting down a very rusted tray and put in a plastic Radio Shack one and repaired the horn switch contacts. The tail light that was on the bike did work, but had been sandblasted. I had a good original, so I used it.

So here are pics of the lights...
2017-06-17d Sears Deluxe Spaceliner.jpg
2017-06-17c Sears Deluxe Spaceliner.jpg
2017-06-17b Sears Deluxe Spaceliner.jpg


2017-06-17a Sears Deluxe Spaceliner.jpg
 
I'm going to get one with the chrome frames. I think maybe a red tank. Not sure. Nice bike.
 
Thanks everyone. The previous owner did a lot of work, but did a horrible job wiring the lights and horn. I thought about doing an led conversion, but wasn't sure how. Once I figured out what wires needed to go where, I wired it up. The original tray wasn't in bad shape, but it just wouldn't get the lights working. I had another tray laying around that was in bad shape, so I cut it down to just the mounting tab to the bezel and the reflector. I used a Radio Shack plastic battery tray and put a ground on the back of the reflector.

The tank and rack was painted by the previous owner, but he didn't paint the fork legs or the white sections on the rack. I might redo them later. I also have the repop seat decal to put on. I raided another Spaceliner I have that is missing the tank bezel (and in a litter rougher shape) for the an original seat (not in the pics).
Hope to post better pics soon..
 
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