Iver Johnson Tricycle

[dave429]

I have an Iver Johnson Trike. It has a 20” front wheel and 14” rear wheels. Missing one side crank arm, grips, pedals and possibly some other parts. Might have originally been blue in color. Looks like maybe a nickel fork? Still has badge. What years where these made? Prewar? Any value to it? Is it better complete or parts?

 

[ivrjhnsn]

1926 ? til the end . Two variations on construction . Early ones had smaller tubing, probably prone to breakage. Changed to larger diameter tubing. Made 4 different sizes . 12" front wheel, 16", 20"(most common), and 24"
You'll never find the parts to finish it, unfortunately . Cool as it is for display .

 

[ridingtoy]

Yes, the best you could hope for is to find another Iver Johnson tricycle in "for parts" condition and combine the best parts from each to make one good tricycle. That's what I have done with a couple early '50s Garton tricycles that were the same basic model.

Dave

 

[dave429]

@ivrjhnsn thanks for the info and approximate year.

 

[dave429]

@ridingtoy thanks for the info. Luckily it displays well as is but will keep an eye out for the other crank arm and pedals.

 

[dave429]

Think it’s worth my time to try and remove the red overpaint?

 

[ivrjhnsn]

Your trike is an early one . The small diameter headtube is what they changed. Made it a larger diameter. Not sure when they changed it.

Enjoy working with it .

 

[ivrjhnsn]

How about some pics of the right side front wheel, where the crank is missing. Looks like bearing race is gone too.
There are paint strippers that are not aggressive . Iver Johnson baked their enamel, so it may hold up. Test a spot , and go from there.

Here are some parts to make her look complete. Crank arm is a reproduction . Pedals are nothing to write home about. Missing bearing as a complete ass'y. Cotter pin that I'll try to reproduce . If you're interested.


Pics of the two different headtube sizes . Hopefully you can see the difference.

 

[dave429]

@ivrjhnsn I will take a picture of the right side when I get a chance. Thanks for the offer on the parts. I will keep it in mind and let you know.

 

[dave429]

@ivrjhnsn here are some pictures