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So, would a Cleveland rear hub be incorrect? Or, are you thinking I need a different front fork? I've got a set of repro ball-end spokes that I bought about 20 years ago from a guy at a bike swap but I haven't found a front hub to use them with.
Wow, somehow I didn't see your replies last September. Thanks for the photos. That's roughly what I thought the badge would look like, but now I know for sure and can see the details, such as the patent dates. The biggest problem of course is to find one.
I've got what I think is a model 50 also, but without the badge. Could you post a photo of your Model 50 badge and the front hub so I know what to look for?
I was also a first-timer at Ann Arbor, and totally concur with your opinion of it. I've wanted to attend since the 1990's and finally made the drive, but with a few thousand in my pocket the only thing I bought was a very nice $18 repro headlight lens. It's doubtful that I'd go back unless I...
I've got these old wood rims on a 28-inch bike and want to clean them up and then put tires on them to ride. What tires would you recommend? I'm also wondering if these rims are TOC, or later?
My find this weekend was this Hawthorne Duralium girl's bike - I think it's the 1937 version with 1/2-inch pitch chain - serial number is 15834. I'm just curious how the front tire could get soooo flat all the way around? Why would the tire be flat on top, front, rear, and bottom, like the air...
Wow! I think that's it! Now I see that the hole in one bar is basically 11/16-inch across while the other is 13/16-inch, so these would fit the tapered corrugated plug on the Frederick handle bars. It looks like I'm now looking for a Fredrick stem and tapered plug.
Thanks!
Greg
I just picked up a 1901 Crescent chainless bike with the wrong handlebars & stem on it, but with these two bars included. I need the stem and bolt and nut(?) for these but I'm not sure what brand these are. There are no identifying marks that I can find, but whatever they mount to would have 16...
Does anyone have a metal bracket like this that mounts on handlebars and was used to hold a radio about 8 inches wide and 4 inches deep?
Or, just a good photo of a real bracket might help me figure out how to make one.
Thanks, Greg
This site is trying to document "knowledge needed to rebuild a technological and industrial infrastructure from scratch when the modern infrastructure ceases to function", and has a huge library of downloadable books about old technology. This link will bring you to a list of very old and...
I liked ballooney's suggestion that this could be a 4th of July bike, so rode the bike over to the neighborhood park and took a picture by the red and blue playground equipment. Comments from several neighbors confirmed that the bike is a real eye-catcher. I think these U.S. Royal repro white...
I don't buy many girl's bikes, but I had to slam on my brakes when I saw this Shelby Traveler in a store window last week. It's got some little dings in the paint, and scrapes on the truss rods, but otherwise is super clean! The lady agreed to my offer, which was about the value of the...
Where's the serial number?
I've been reading the threads about Twin-bars and see that serial numbers should be on, or near the tubes, near the crank. I took off the shroud and kickstand, but there are no numbers anywhere in that area. I don't see any anywhere else either. Any ideas? My 4-Star...
It sounds like you're all having the same problem I was having. Some earlier parts and some later parts, so I couldn't nail down a date. The serial number might help if anyone knows when they were issued, but I suppose that could have been stamped long before the bike was actually assembled too...
Anyone know what year this Shelby Flying Cloud, serial number 870410, was made?
I've searched the internet, looking for this combination of headlight, chainguard, rear rack, and curved fender braces, and don't see it. It looks like all the parts are original.
Thanks
Edward, There are many things that could be wrong, but make sure the antenna is connected properly, check the tubes, and use 1.5 volts DC for A+ voltage, and 90 volts DC for B+ voltage. If anyone adjusted the IF transformers, they may be set wrong. Otherwise, I've had several of these and...
Here's a photo of an original Burgess 4TZ60 battery that was specified for the Huffy RadioBike radio. Other equivalents were an Eveready 729, an RCA VSO64, or a Ray-O-Vac AB944. These supplied 1-1/2 volts (A+) for the tube filaments and also 90 volts (B+) for the other radio circuitry. The...
To start with, here's the circuit diagram as it appears on the large paper label inside my 1955 Huffy RadioBike tank. The middle tube (hard to read) is a 1U5. I have not compared it to any online hand drawn diagram.
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So, if this bothers you, tell the seller to include the source of his information, or report him to eBay. I once had a furious eBay buyer...
Since the battery holder part of this is basically beyond repair, the best possibility might be to bring it somewhere like Radio Shack and see if they have a new plastic 2-cell battery holder that will fit within your unit. Then you can wire the new battery holder to your switch and light, and...
So, it's a black shirt with white artwork. Does that mean there is a white rectangle with black artwork in the rectangle, as shown in your picture? How big are the graphics?
Thank You
Thank you for posting the correct spoking. I have a bike like this that is missing the front hub and the spokes, so when I first saw the ad I downloaded the seller's photos as a reference for how the spokes should be. Then I scrolled down and found your photo of the correct spoking...
OK, that sounds good. To be exactly correct, I wonder if the two screws heads on top of the rack should be photoshopped out, since they are there to hold the light unit in the rack. Or were they also there on racks without the light?
Iver Johnson 543040
Here's my woman's Iver Johnson, serial number 543040, that I found sitting in front of an antique shop in St. Paul, Minnesota, many years ago. Paint is all original except for an area on top of the rear fender and the black rack and seat parts. I re-plated the handlebars and...
Wow, this is some great information, and I found more than I ever expected! My Spaceliner is stamped as a model 46980, with the struts, but it has a taillight on the rack, as I bought it back in 1993. The red paint on the rack matches and looks consistent with the tank, and I have no reason to...
I'm glad to hear this! I've seen your all-chrome bike at your house and it looks great already and is obviously a rare original all chrome version of the bike. If it were rechromed it would look like just an ordinary version that someone decided to chrome. Rechroming would lower its value to...
Maybe it would be better to get some white sidewalls and color the white red. Then they'd have black tread with red sidewalls. Any ideas how to do that?
Red & Black Tires
I saw this hex-tube for sale on eBay a couple years ago and the seller claimed it had the original Royal Master tires - black with red sidewalls. Can anyone confirm that this is how the original tires looked?
Also, does anyone have any ideas how to color the tread on a...
With many years of collecting old radios behind me, I finally found a 1950s Darb tube radio complete with the original brackets for mounting it on a bicycle. Then, I found this 1955 magazine with a woman's bicycle on the cover and a Darb tube radio on the handlebars. Then another year went by as...
Sounds interesting to me too, so I looked up the Swagman XTC-2 and it says maximum load 35 pounds per bike. Most of my ballooners weigh a lot more than that, so I'd want something more sturdy.
Nick,
Nice talking with you at the Andover meet today! I hope your chrome Firestone bike did well in the contest.
I was almost there when I remembered that I should have refreshed my old brain with what the distance between the badge holes needs to be. Now, back here at home, I found the...
Help!! I need the metal trim piece and lense for this pre-war woman's Shelby Flying Cloud. Of course original parts would be great, but repros would work too.
Thanks!
Nick, Yes I think your badge might be appropriate, providing the holes are spaced about 2-5/8 inches apart. I've been searching the internet some more and found a 1939 Monark Rocket that has the same style of paint design on the tank as mine, but it seems all the Rocket badges have horizontal...
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