Wayne Adam
I live for the CABE
Well, I finally finished the restoration on my Elgin Twin 40. The first picture is how It looked when I bought it last fall off of a local Craigslist for $200.00. It was the most rusted, pitted, rotten dented pile of metal you could find. The following pictures is how it now looks. I restored all of the original parts and added the few that were missing. I mixed a custom color that is a kind of Khaki with a hint of light olive. It is primed with Nason 2k, and painted with Dupont Centari. I bought a repro battery pod from Jerry Peters ( 39 Elgin), Royal Chain tires from member "John", a repro lens from Mike Burden and I want to thank Jim ( Euphman06) for giving me the rear fender. The rest of the parts I had here in the shop including the re-chromed crank & sprocket, pre war teardrop pedals and the correct pre war handgrips. I also had a beautiful seat from a '38 Columbia I parted out a while back.
The bike is completely done except for the light & horn wiring. All of the mangled parts you see in the first picture are the same parts on the finished bike except the crank.
I'm really glad this is done. My next restoration will be my '49 Monark which will be like a walk in the park compared to this Twin Bar.
Thank you for looking!......................Wayne
The bike is completely done except for the light & horn wiring. All of the mangled parts you see in the first picture are the same parts on the finished bike except the crank.
I'm really glad this is done. My next restoration will be my '49 Monark which will be like a walk in the park compared to this Twin Bar.
Thank you for looking!......................Wayne