the tinker
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
So you are at a swap and buried in a corner is this relic that everyone passes by.
Good reason too.... RUST.....original paint.....GONE. It has a tank but it looks like Swiss cheese.
Then you start thinking: "I have a decent chainring and crank at home....it's got a springer, rack and tank.... do I really want another hopeless case?"
$160.00 later and it's in the truck going home with me.
Decided to have some fun with this one. Added the J.C. Higgins skirts. Fiber-glassed the inside of the rusted out tank and had my neighbor[God bless him] sandblast the chain guard clean.
Added this little old fender marker light from an old car to fill the rear fender screw access hole in the rack ,and a rabbit's foot and St. Christopher medal for luck.
This proves something very important here: One doesn't need a whole bucket of cash to have hours of fun in this hobby. If we weren't going into winter here I would have pedals and bars on
and be riding it .
Good reason too.... RUST.....original paint.....GONE. It has a tank but it looks like Swiss cheese.
Then you start thinking: "I have a decent chainring and crank at home....it's got a springer, rack and tank.... do I really want another hopeless case?"
$160.00 later and it's in the truck going home with me.
Decided to have some fun with this one. Added the J.C. Higgins skirts. Fiber-glassed the inside of the rusted out tank and had my neighbor[God bless him] sandblast the chain guard clean.
Added this little old fender marker light from an old car to fill the rear fender screw access hole in the rack ,and a rabbit's foot and St. Christopher medal for luck.
This proves something very important here: One doesn't need a whole bucket of cash to have hours of fun in this hobby. If we weren't going into winter here I would have pedals and bars on