RustyHornet
I live for the CABE
Now that I’ve got your attention...
So we bought our home a couple of years ago, last year sometime one of the neighbors down the street came down to introduce himself since we constantly had old cars sitting in the driveway. Older gentleman named Ron, one of the sweetest most kind men I’ve ever met. He’s getting to the point in his life where he’s cleaning out all his old junk, he would bring me down totes of old car parts, just told me to try to find a use for the stuff, he didn’t want anything in return...
Well last night he noticed all the old bicycles and he brought down an 80’s Schwinn that needs some work, said I could just have it. We were talking for awhile and he said I’ve got another one, much older. Said he thought it said Corvette on it at one time. I told him to bring it down and I may be interested.
He said he wants to sell it, he would give me a deal if I’m interested or he wants me to sell it for him.
It’s a really neat bike, pretty good shape too. But there is a lot not “correct” on it... The serial was stamped March ‘68, which they didn’t make a Corvette then, the neck is a ‘77, the bars are Wald, the Sturmey is ‘55, it’s been painted, pedals, seat...
He’s had it for 30 years he said and has tried to always take good care of it.
My question is... I don’t know what to do with it. It’s had a restoration years ago. Doesn’t look like much is correct. It’s certainly worth more parted out, but I feel it would be a shame to do so. Appears looking through the catalog for ‘68, the frame could have been a Panther 3 or Deluxe Typhoon originally.
It rides really well. Presents well. But what do I do with it? I don’t want to break his heart after all these years...
So we bought our home a couple of years ago, last year sometime one of the neighbors down the street came down to introduce himself since we constantly had old cars sitting in the driveway. Older gentleman named Ron, one of the sweetest most kind men I’ve ever met. He’s getting to the point in his life where he’s cleaning out all his old junk, he would bring me down totes of old car parts, just told me to try to find a use for the stuff, he didn’t want anything in return...
Well last night he noticed all the old bicycles and he brought down an 80’s Schwinn that needs some work, said I could just have it. We were talking for awhile and he said I’ve got another one, much older. Said he thought it said Corvette on it at one time. I told him to bring it down and I may be interested.
He said he wants to sell it, he would give me a deal if I’m interested or he wants me to sell it for him.
It’s a really neat bike, pretty good shape too. But there is a lot not “correct” on it... The serial was stamped March ‘68, which they didn’t make a Corvette then, the neck is a ‘77, the bars are Wald, the Sturmey is ‘55, it’s been painted, pedals, seat...
He’s had it for 30 years he said and has tried to always take good care of it.
My question is... I don’t know what to do with it. It’s had a restoration years ago. Doesn’t look like much is correct. It’s certainly worth more parted out, but I feel it would be a shame to do so. Appears looking through the catalog for ‘68, the frame could have been a Panther 3 or Deluxe Typhoon originally.
It rides really well. Presents well. But what do I do with it? I don’t want to break his heart after all these years...
