ohdeebee
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
I've had this for a while and was somewhat undecided as to the route I wanted to take with it. Originally the bike was to be painted and then aged to look original but the more I thought about it the more I really wanted to go all the way with this one. The hard parts to a restoration (for me at least) are all of the soft parts. The seat was toast, no tires and no grips. I was able to get my hands on some NOS condition Firestone High Speed tires and my mind was made up.
I sent the seat to Josh McRell in San Diego who did an excellent job on the seat. I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out. I tracked down some grips in NOS condition and put them on a set of very nice original chrome 28" crossbrace bars. The wheels were built today after I found a distributor for the correct size double butted spokes.
I'm still looking for a tank and fenders but I plan on having the parts I have sandblasted early this summer so that I can start the paint process and get this bike on the road!
Here's the bike when I got it.
Here was a second one I came across and robbed a few parts:
And here is the bike today:
Firestone High Speed tires on newly built wheels. Check out the spokes.:
Here is a better shot of the seat that Josh did:
Stamp:
I sent the seat to Josh McRell in San Diego who did an excellent job on the seat. I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out. I tracked down some grips in NOS condition and put them on a set of very nice original chrome 28" crossbrace bars. The wheels were built today after I found a distributor for the correct size double butted spokes.
I'm still looking for a tank and fenders but I plan on having the parts I have sandblasted early this summer so that I can start the paint process and get this bike on the road!
Here's the bike when I got it.
Here was a second one I came across and robbed a few parts:
And here is the bike today:
Firestone High Speed tires on newly built wheels. Check out the spokes.:
Here is a better shot of the seat that Josh did:
Stamp: