2020 Rescues......what did you bring back into the Hobby?

[IngoMike]

2020 Rescues….what did you bring back into the Hobby?
Its easy to buy a bike from a fellow collector, but I was going through my 2020 bicycle acquisitions and realized that most of them were saves, which I consider to be a bicycle not in a collectors hands and destined for an unknown future. I was able to bring quite a few bikes back into the hobby for re-sale, or into my shop of horrors during this strange year. My business has been closed since 3/16/20, and I was still able to acquire all these bikes through sales of other bikes, parts sales, or trades. Here are my favorite rescues from this past suck year….what were you able to rescue for the hobby in 2020?

Vrroom.

Mercury Strato-Line

5 TOC frames....

Firestone Special Cruiser.

Gitane 20"

'65 Ross Polo

Google Campus Bike.

 

[John G04]

My 3 favorites that were fresh finds, 40 ranger and 41 autocycle both came from original owners family, 39 BC came from an antique dealer who was selling it for original family but had no idea of what it was and was marketing it as garden art

 

[oldy57]

Saved this one. Too bad the rear fender is folded over. It must have been hit in the back. The guy I got it from had a Whizzer kit on it. It is just sitting till I get time to finish.

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

My 42 elgin

 

[SoBayRon]

The Schwinn that sat outside for 30 years and is now a rider.

 

[dnc1]

1898 Ladies Chainless "Quadrant".
Discovered on a rubbish tip over 20 years ago then left in a barn ever since, before being given to me.
Pretty rare, only around 6 known, 4 of which are in museum collections.
It's going to need an enormous amount of work, but ultimately worth it to see it rolling again one day......

 

[Superman1984]

As found at junk shop

After trading a Walmart Moondog for it & matching some white walls.

It'll be used for parts & or parted out. I have rode it and even cleaned it up some but not something I need to keep complete unfortunately

 

[mrg]

Some of these weren't fresh finds but castoffs or others parted leftovers carcasses combined with parts out of my pile!, 38 & 41 Henderson's and a couple of 50's Columbia's, Got a few more last year to post and a few that are not done!

 

[ssum2]

My grandson wanted an old bike took about a year to find one he is 6 years old if you look closely at bike its appear to be home made frame and yes abused bye previous owner had to weld and pound but grandson loves his ugly bike

 

[Superman1984]

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That green & black Columbia I'd be content to have it in the stable & build it back to correct as I could. Jus' always liked them