Watching the classifieds here on the CABE, I noticed this green Cycle-Truck being offered for sale by Stradalite ( @STRADALITE ) that didn't seem to jump off the listings and into someones collecton. After seeing it for a while, I noticed the price dropped enough to make me a little less passive about it. As I didn't have a wartime production model, and this was one, the price drop made it pretty much something I could not walk away from so I sent Brad a note and started trying to work out the deal. It wasn't hard to do, and we got the agreement made. It took him a bit of time to find appropriate boxes for shipping, and then to pack and ship it. Kudos for the excellent packing job and care taken in getting it across the country to my little "Cycle Truck Retirement Home", with Box A arriving yesterday, and Box B coming through today. I started cleaning and putting it back together yesterday, but the stuff for the front end was in Box B, so I really didn't have enough to get the main portion of the bike on its feet yesterday. Today went a little better and I am much further along in the reassembly process, but still have a ways to go in cleaning and putting it back together. I'm also going to need to have a couple of less rain-filled days to do some basket weaving and get that back on the bike. My wife gave me a little assistance when she got home today - the replacement of the headbadge was working on my last nerve, not wanting to let the little screws find the holes without some additional light, hence Linda came to the rescue with a little light assistance. There is still some cleanup to be finished, so I will continue on this tomorrow and as needed to get things addressed so I can give it a test ride through the neighborhood soon.
Here are a couple of shots taken at the end of the dry portion of today... before the thunder / rainstorm that came through a short time ago.
More to come..
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Here are a couple of shots taken at the end of the dry portion of today... before the thunder / rainstorm that came through a short time ago.
More to come..
REC