Another 1942 Huffman work in progress

[DJ Bill]

There's a couple of people working on OD green grips right now, one the same style as above and the other is doing coke bottle style in OD for those clone bikes...Both say they are relly close to production so be patient if you want OD green grips. But the black Coke bottle ones work well and aren't as spendy as NOS real ones for sure. Many period pictures have Coke bottle grips on the bikes.

 

[Craig Johnson]

I have been fortunate enough to have not paid some of these prices for bicycle parts yet. I picked up a loose N.O.S. pair ($50) at a 1990??MVPA convention. (Military vehicle preservation Association) They were not in a package and I thought they were repo. before I left I took a chance bought another set. A few years ago I was able to buy 4 pair that a member on G503.com was selling. Think I paid $125 for them. Sold a couple of pair for $50 and the next thing you know people are getting big bucks for them.


This was the original EBAY auction picture. He sold me 8 grips and an original package through the G503 forum.

 

[jkent]

OK stop bragging!!

 

[Momo]

Very cool bike. Looks like plenty of the zinc chromate primer is showing through. They used that stuff on aircraft and armored vehicles but it never occurred to me that they used it on bikes.