Kscheel
Finally riding a big boys bike
Actually not that new, I got it back in October, but I've only just started doing anything to it. The bike came from the estate of the original owner. The bike also came with some catalogs and bicycle literature dating from the early 1990s. The daughter of the deceased owner indicated he got interested in restoring his old bike back then. It is apparent that some work has been done to the bike. It definitely has been disassembled at some point in the past and whoever cleaned the chrome didn't really do it any favors. The tires are Wards Riverside brand and I'm guessing they are fairly modern. The only negatives to the bike is that the pedals and lens for the headlight are missing and the battery tray for the horn was rusted to nothing. Anyone know where I can get a replacement lens and horn unit? I already have a pair of repop Persons Supreme pedals that will do the job.
Basically I'll just disasemble it, wash and polish everything, and replace anything missing or broken. Also take a look at the rear tail light. It has a wire for the stop light feature and don't see the switch anywhere on the bike. Can someone post a picture or two of what the complete setup looks like? I'd like to get that fixed up too.
Does anyone have an idea on when this bike was made? Didn't the "Luxury Liner" name get added to the chainguard in about 1950?
Last thing is the handle bars. There is a big strip of chrome missing, maybe where a speedo was mounted. There appears to be some kind of shim on the inside of the stem. I've never seen that before. Whats the story on that?
http://s51.photobucket.com/user/carbinekid/media/CWC Luxury Liner/19_zps478d939e.jpg.html
Basically I'll just disasemble it, wash and polish everything, and replace anything missing or broken. Also take a look at the rear tail light. It has a wire for the stop light feature and don't see the switch anywhere on the bike. Can someone post a picture or two of what the complete setup looks like? I'd like to get that fixed up too.
Does anyone have an idea on when this bike was made? Didn't the "Luxury Liner" name get added to the chainguard in about 1950?
Last thing is the handle bars. There is a big strip of chrome missing, maybe where a speedo was mounted. There appears to be some kind of shim on the inside of the stem. I've never seen that before. Whats the story on that?
http://s51.photobucket.com/user/carbinekid/media/CWC Luxury Liner/19_zps478d939e.jpg.html
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