Jesse's got another up for bids..............

[halfatruck]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1937-Elgin-blue...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19bdcb53ef

 

[rustyspoke66]

Now that is sweet!

 

[chitown]

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Links to some of the patents on this bike.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=DX...urce=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://www.google.com/patents?id=Dn...lected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q=102725&f=false

http://www.google.com/patents?id=D3...urce=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://www.google.com/patents?id=EX...urce=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://www.google.com/patents?id=he...urce=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Included some from the girl's version

Designed by John Morgan a citizen of the Republic of Guatemala, residing in Oak Park, in the county of Cook and the State of Illinois... in 1936.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=NY...urce=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Design for a wheel by Frank H. Le Jeune of Detroit claims "...the wheel body shown in full lines made convex with two annular concentric beads; the radially inner portion of the radially outer bead having relatively narrow radial openings."

CAD SCHMAD

Pen and ink stipple old skool design!

And yes, I'm addicted to google patent search. I think it could be a great resource for bike research!

ETA: and helps establish provenance.

 

[53Phantom]

My all-time favorite bike.

 

[chriscokid]

NOW that bicycle is just beautiful..... and it looks just like what it is described as...

 

[cyclingday]

The stuff that dreams are made of.

I never could understand the Shelby Air-flo, but the Elgin Bluebird is one of, if not the most elegant bicycles ever built. If I didn't know that it was made in America, I would have thought it to be made in 1930s France. Nothing compares to the beauty of that bike. I just wish that I had the fortitude to step up and buy that beauty. I'm sure that it will run up a pretty nice price tag. Maybe not Shaftdrive Robin numbers, but it will definately seperate the men from the boys.
Congrat's to who ever ends up with this, it is without a doubt, one of, if not the finest bicycles ever made.

 

[kingsilver]

what's that uneven surface on the bottom bar towards the front? is this a bad repair, or is it bad workmanship?

 

[Freqman1]

This too is my dream bike and since I still have two kidneys....

 

[yewhi]

Definitely a nice bike but... For a bike that's going to sell in the 10K+ range, you would've thought he'd at least wipe the grime and dust off before photographing it, eh? But yeah, Nice Bike!

 

[PCHiggin]

Pocket Change.....

I'd think even $30,000 would be a small amount for that guy. I don't understand why he's selling it?

Pat