Sunday's Show and Tell. ..7/26/15

Let's see what relics you have picked up this past week. Whether it be bike related or not. Please include pictures as we do love pictures!

Slow week here for me...of course the bike funds are depleted at the moment.
I can't seem to get any bikes with just my vintage good looks.

A member dud contact me indicating he won this Lindy plane and said he also picked up another that it's color fit his needs better. So I bought it.

Now to find a fender mount.
I understand there are repops of these toys...anyone know what would clearly indicate an original?
Only marking on mine is the embossed "LINDY" on the top of the wing.
Either way it is cool.





It's all about the Tanklights!!

How did I run out of room so fast?

I picked these 2 up earlier in the week. The 40 or 41 Hawthorne had some blue paint over the white but it cleaned off fairly easily. Washed it off, aired up the tires, oiled the chain and took it for a ride. The Hiawatha with the Airflo style frame & Shock-Eze fork is as I found it. I think the light green paint would clean off the original green paint underneath.

Here's a few I picked up yesterday.....


Little Bantam's paint and chrome look minty under all that dust....


I picked up this Shelby last week...

Three items I found this past week

Homart Flastlight...works, good condition in and out. I think it would look good in handlebar flashlight holder on the right bike.



Locomotive model. Heavy cast alloy of some type (magnet won't stick) mounted on wood base. Never seen anything like this. No markings of any kind.
Manufacturers desk model???? Would appreciate any info on this if you know something.




Elgin watch. Nice case (not silver) but non working. From 1928 I think. Crystal needs to be polished but movement looks clean. Will take it to the jewelers soon but cost to get it running will probably be more than it's worh. Cleaned and polished would look kinda nice mounted on an Elgin bike even though bike and watch made by different companies.

I picked up this neat webers bike rack made by Thiem & Co. St. Paul, Minn. around 1897.. I found a little info about it on Google on Iron Age Volume 57 and Hardware Dealers Magazine they wouldn't let me copy them they show a drawing of a bicycle hanging on the wall on one and say they were available in black or gold .... ATTACH]

Delta disease

A little slow this week but i did find this delta brochure from 1970 when the united filtration corp. Owned delta and they were not making bicycle accessories anymore

The steal ones were sold as toys. The ones that went on the Lindy bike were aluminum. I had a real one about 15 years ago, I wish I kept it......

jd56 said:

Let's see what relics you have picked up this past week. Whether it be bike related or not. Please include pictures as we do love pictures!

Slow week here for me...of course the bike funds are depleted at the moment.
I can't seem to get any bikes with just my vintage good looks.

A member dud contact me indicating he won this Lindy plane and said he also picked up another that it's color fit his needs better. So I bought it.

Now to find a fender mount.
I understand there are repops of these toys...anyone know what would clearly indicate an original?
Only marking on mine is the embossed "LINDY" on the top of the wing.
Either way it is cool.

It's all about the Tanklights!!

How did I run out of room so fast?

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JKT said:

I picked up this neat webers bike rack made by Thiem & Co. St. Paul, Minn. around 1897.. I found a little info about it on Google on Iron Age Volume 57 and Hardware Dealers Magazine they wouldn't let me copy them they show a drawing of a bicycle hanging on the wall on one and say they were available in black or gold .... ATTACH] View attachment 227439View attachment 227437View attachment 227438View attachment 227454

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Very cool !!!!

Hiawatha with a Whizzer kit purchased at a scooter sale, my dad was down visiting and went with me.

1957 Spitfire


The girls blue Phantom was an eBay purchase, the seller was nice enough to meet me half way between him and I at a bike show and swap this am.

JKT said:

I picked up this neat webers bike rack made by Thiem & Co. St. Paul, Minn. around 1897.. I found a little info about it on Google on Iron Age Volume 57 and Hardware Dealers Magazine they wouldn't let me copy them they show a drawing of a bicycle hanging on the wall on one and say they were available in black or gold .... ATTACH] View attachment 227439View attachment 227437View attachment 227438View attachment 227454

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It would be very nice to repop this in aluminum.
I would buy a few...