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I have what I believe to be a 1953 Columbia 5 Star Superb that I recently picked up. Not in great shape but I'm okay with that. I have to start somewhere and this is only my second vintage bicycle purchased. I was wondering in reality what are the chances of finding a missing rear rack that I believe it came with?
I'm guessing probably pretty slim chance to find one in the correct color.
Not something that I would be looking at spending a ton of money on because the bike is just going to be a rider and not restored.
If someone has pictures even of the correct rear rack that would be nice to see what it looked like. Any help would be appreciated.

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Mine is currently buried in the back of the garage, but these are the photos I have on the phone.

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The Columbia ballooners are fairly common and parts do pop up from time to time. It just depends on how patient you are. Perfectly matching patina will be the hardest thing to find, but as long as the color is right and it's not bright and shiny, I wouldn't sweat it.
These actually had a brake light as well. Mine was missing when it came to me. It's small enough and hides well enough that you could probably faux patina match the paint on a reproduction light assy.
 
The 86 RX5 racks are the same color and rust-up pretty easy!, think I even have one somewhere!
 
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