‘53 Black Panther

[ballooney]

Wait till he looks back years from now and sees what hes wearing on his feet ! Lol

Now that is funny!!! Nice slides kid!


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[ballooney]

I was starting to wonder how long this project was going to stall. After work I wanted to get an hour in on my bike and my son checked in on what I was up to. “Hey, do you want to work on your panther?” I asked him. “No. I’ll just hang out with you for now.” And as fast as he replied he left. Well okay then, that was fast! Fast forward a few hours and USPS delivers the left pedal for my 1904 Sterling...as I was unboxing the pedal I go into the story of having a bike that’s over 100 years old and was missing the left pedal and that I found it on the cabe. He was fascinated so we jammed to the basement to make sure the pedal fit. He was anxious to build up and rode the turn of the century bike with his name on the head badge. I said “why don’t we finish the panther first” and he was all in. “Let’s do it!” He said. So we put in an hour before he needed to get to bed.

Some fender dent removal work...

Then buffing the fender put with some brasso

Then mounting it up with the rear carrier after spending half an hour to find some hardware! Doh!

As she sits after tonight.

We need a rear reflector...anyone have a proper reflector for a panther? Let me know.


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[ballooney]

My son made some more progress tonight...didn’t have much time but built up the top end...

He was adamant about a black seat...on a Panther! I know right! I took a deep breath and smiled...”your bike”.

Getting there...

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["Winged wheel"]

looks great ! love that you are leaving it alone ...love original paint bikes .....get a good lock for it !

 

[anders1]

Very cool!!

 

[Awhipple]

Very cool! The way he's going it will be done in no time.

 

[ballooney]

More progress tonight...tearing hubs down...

scrubbin’ rims...

Used our new toy to clean hub parts...before:

After 15 minutes...really incredible!

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[Rockman9]

I just looked the Magnasonic up on Amazon. It looks pretty interesting

 

[Allrounderco]

What's the significance of the alarm clock?


Just kidding - great work!

 

[ballooney]

This build sure is a test of patience...my son FINALLY wanted to work on his bike again. Built up the hubs tonight which is progress.

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