krateman
Look Ma, No Hands!
I'll enjoy riding it, but it is too much of a frankenbike to put any money into it, unless you have deeper pockets than me. I take it you do, since you restore these bikes. I don't sink 2,000 into a bike that will only be worth 350 when i'm done with it. I've got a family and a mortagage to take care of along with many other bills. I may repaint it in the original red, but no one will tell me what that is and how to go about getting it and no one has told me what is incorrect with this bike. I thought I had some knowledgable guys posting on my thread. Is this bike worth keeping together? I am sure there are other Eldorados that may need the parts, but I'll keep it together, since someone has jumped my ass about it. I was going to keep it together, anyways.
Classicfan, you said this bike was original. According to you all, there isn't much about this bike that isn't damaged OR original, right? This bike, according to you all, isn't worth dumping money into, which is one of your criterion for parting it out! I didn't buy this bike off of feebay, either. I'm not totally unimformed about the hobby. I just made a hasty purchase. I've totally taken apart several collector bikes, down to the pedals and refurbished them. I know most folks don't get a return on their investment when it comes to classic items, like cars and bikes and I don't care that I may have over-paid a little too much.
Bottom line is, I need to know what is missing and what is not correct about this bike and how to get a half-pint of the original red so I can respray this bike. The chain guard has bumps that need to be flattened and the back of the rack has deep dents like someone hit it repeatedly with another metal object, for what reason I have no idea. I've made comments that no one has read and talked to me about. I'd like this help if someone is qualified to do so. Thanks for any help you all can give me.
Classicfan, you said this bike was original. According to you all, there isn't much about this bike that isn't damaged OR original, right? This bike, according to you all, isn't worth dumping money into, which is one of your criterion for parting it out! I didn't buy this bike off of feebay, either. I'm not totally unimformed about the hobby. I just made a hasty purchase. I've totally taken apart several collector bikes, down to the pedals and refurbished them. I know most folks don't get a return on their investment when it comes to classic items, like cars and bikes and I don't care that I may have over-paid a little too much.
Bottom line is, I need to know what is missing and what is not correct about this bike and how to get a half-pint of the original red so I can respray this bike. The chain guard has bumps that need to be flattened and the back of the rack has deep dents like someone hit it repeatedly with another metal object, for what reason I have no idea. I've made comments that no one has read and talked to me about. I'd like this help if someone is qualified to do so. Thanks for any help you all can give me.