RUDY CONTRATTI
Wore out three sets of tires already!
Heres my 1939 Elgin Twin 50,( Discussion ) where are the 50 models???.....anywho,I purchased this bike from Mark,and a fine job he did on packing and shipping,,and a grate deal on it also..Everything on this bike was taken apart,Crank Hubs, Head Set, Saddle,Pedals,,switches,and horn unit,,Cleaned,re packed,and put together.Some trial and error,,and what stumped me was there were no holes on the Tank or frame to run my cloth wire from the front control shroud to the battery pod.I had to cut a small hole in the front of the tank(unseen)and run the wires through the tank and out the back of the tank support tube into the battery pod,,(6 Volt screw top Lantern Batt.),and my friend were able to get both horn and light working.Another stumper was the bottom bracket shroud,,which would not stay together on the side screw adjustment,,but Thanks to Frank The Skid King was able to get that in order.I needed the proper Brake Bracket and Mike came through with the perfect Reproduction with hardware.The bike came with a Reproduction Headlight Lens,which I installed ,,,,and a Re Chromed Sprocket. The other Chrome parts were real nice,,so I hand polished the Aluminum Fenders,,and the The Troxel Seat Frame.Very nice set of rims and an eazy rear Elgin hub to tear down and repack.Im not much of bike Hub Cap guy ,,but I added these ribbed caps to finish out a dull front end,,and I liked the Cap to the round rear frame design.A Caber pointed out the ribs on the Air Cooled Hubs matched out with those of the Caps and that did it for me.The tires are very close to NOS Allstates and ride real nice.The paint was beat up so I hit it with some fine rubbing compound and buffed out nice.I did a tad bit of touch up on the Elgin letters,and as you can see on the shroud using a Testors paint pen and lightly working it into the frame just to cover up the Grey Primer underneath.I lightly wipe down all the painted parts with 3 in 1 oil to bring the color out.I feel this is all Original expect for tires.As mentioned any other 50 Twin Bars out there ,,lets see em Please......Thank to @auto1cycle2..@Frank and Pam Skid Kings,@prewarbikesforsale and @whizzer1 for the parts Have A Nice Day
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