Funny thing is, back when I was building my 59 Wasp Paperboy Special, I had a Baltimore Sun, courier bag, so I had a theme going with that bike.
I wanted to get a 1960 Baltimore Orioles baseball card for the spokes.
I went over to the local sports memorabilia store, and asked the owner what he had.
He pulled out a couple of cards, a Brooks Robinson, and the other, a team lineup.
I liked the idea, of the whole team, so that’s the one I chose.
I asked him how much, and he said $16.00 dollars.
Seemed like a lot for a piece of cardboard, but a small price to pay for the coup de gras on the Paperboy Special.
He was curious why I wanted that specific card, so I told him what I was going to do with it, and he cringed.
He said, that it was the type of card, that would most certainly appreciate in value.
Then I was on my way.
I did feel a bit guilty about wrecking such a nice card, so I put it in a sleeve, and then clipped it to the trussrod, for the look, but I never did run it through the spokes.
I have since sold that bike, and traded the courier bag to Tripple3 Mark.
I’m pretty sure, he still has it.
I think I gave him the Orioles Team card with it.
So, as far as I know, that card is still in memorabilia collectors condition.