Here are some shots of the basket case bike I got for free at a local estate sale.
The rear rim shown cleaned up pretty good. I noticed while scrubbing with chrome polish and crumpled up aluminum foil that I'm missing a spoke.
That is one issue to be fixed just on the rear wheel.
The other is the missing ball bearings and axle nut for the Komet Super rear hub.
I have looked and looked on this site and even used my thread gauge (I'm a machinist by trade) and cannot find out what the thread is.
Must be metric since no standard nut fits it and my thread gauge didn't either.
Also the axle threads have been buggered up a bit. If I can find the right thread die I can clean them up a bit.
The front wheel is in good shape. You can see it in the background of the headbadge pic.
The goal is to just clean the bike up and reassemble as is.
The handle bars are pretty bad rusty too. Maybe I can find a better set.
The main missing parts are the seat and tail light.
The rear rim shown cleaned up pretty good. I noticed while scrubbing with chrome polish and crumpled up aluminum foil that I'm missing a spoke.
That is one issue to be fixed just on the rear wheel.
The other is the missing ball bearings and axle nut for the Komet Super rear hub.
I have looked and looked on this site and even used my thread gauge (I'm a machinist by trade) and cannot find out what the thread is.
Must be metric since no standard nut fits it and my thread gauge didn't either.
Also the axle threads have been buggered up a bit. If I can find the right thread die I can clean them up a bit.
The front wheel is in good shape. You can see it in the background of the headbadge pic.
The goal is to just clean the bike up and reassemble as is.
The handle bars are pretty bad rusty too. Maybe I can find a better set.
The main missing parts are the seat and tail light.