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36 Firestone Fleetwood

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Balloonoob

I live for the CABE
Picked up this 36 firestone Fleetwood (Huffman model D34) frame, crank, chainguard, and bonus badge from @Krakatoa. Spent the afternoon slapping it together with parts I had laying around. These forks I had are not going to work. The top of the crown hits the downtube. I'm not going for original everything on this one but it would be nice to have the correct forks. I'll have to wrench on it some more before I figure out exactly what else is needed.

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Yesterday was the front end. Today was the crank, bottom bracket, chainguard and chain tensioners. Got everything soaking at the moment. Lesson learned : for these crusty saves... just spray everything with penetrating oil as soon as you get it to help with disassembly. There was some seriously caked on gunk in the bottom bracket.

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@Balloonoob Would you be able & or opposed to putting a shim under the bearing race? It could give you some clearance Clarence if you have enough threads on the neck jus' to get it riding ....until you get a fork or the 1 You want.
 
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