ballooners no longer sell in mpls $150.00

[spoker]

wan a retro western flyer?

 

[scooter_trasher]

Wow , stuff doesn't sell in Detroit either, I think I would part it out on flea bay, before I sold it for $150, that leather seat routinely goes for $75 & up, the springier will bring $150, rat rodders love the frame & tank, you got $700 worth of parts there

 

[spoker]

yep i see bikes on the cabe for a week or so ad end up being parted out

 

[scooter_trasher]

Supply & demand, when you get two people fighting over something it gets crazy

 

[spoker]

i bought the above bike yesterday,he brought it to me,just needs air in the lightening dart tires and some 4000 wool with chrome cleaner on it,has a strumy archer 3 speed,just what you need to ride one of these tanks if your over 25 yrs old,oh ya i was his only call about it,and dont gimme that repo stuff as it was mage with og mcauly tooling!!!!!

 

[Saving Tempest]

wan a retro western flyer?View attachment 861691

Yeah! The tank, chain guard, headlight and rack look a lot like 1956 Columbia 5-Star/RX-5 to me!

Sorta been looking for that for my '56 I'm giving a relative.

 

[scooter_trasher]

i bought the above bike yesterday,he brought it to me,just needs air in the lightening dart tires and some 4000 wool with chrome cleaner on it,has a strumy archer 3 speed,just what you need to ride one of these tanks if your over 25 yrs old,oh ya i was his only call about it,and dont gimme that repo stuff as it was mage with og mcauly tooling!!!!!

Sturmy archer coaster brake is the cat's a**, likely add by owner, last of the American made Columbia bikes, built in the basement, dosen't bother me that mine was built in the late 80s or early 90s , 30 year old late model American with good paint & decent chrome doesn't equal repop in my book, mine rides smooth, must be the Shimano hubs, Mr. Columbia had some certs & owners manuals

 

[Saving Tempest]

wan a retro western flyer?View attachment 861691

Did you buy it to part? If so we need to talk.

 

[spoker]

no parts 2 nice to part

 

[Jay81]

Supply & demand, when you get two people fighting over something it gets crazy

View attachment 861947

That's not crazy at all, it's a decent price. It's actually a rare Monark tank, not Schwinn. I paid $600 for an original paint tank just like this, plus another $20 to have custom straps made so I could put it on my Monark 5 bar.