TickDixon
On Training Wheels
My mom sent me a picture last Sunday during the local spring cleanup, there was a red bicycle of some sort sticking out of the pile of junk her neighbors had brought to the curb. I looked and saw a small engine in the frame so I immediately hopped in my car and drove a mile down the road to her house (just narrowly beating another junk collector with his trailer in tow). I was thrilled to see this weathered old bike and a Briggs and Stratton engine seemingly fused together. Its in extremely rough shape and is missing the majority of the original parts HOWEVER it is in a good enough state to be salvaged. I've monkied with the engine the last two days and after severing an ignition coil and carburetor off of an old pressure washer I've got what I need to hopefully get the engine running. I'll post updates as I get it put together this will be my son and I's summer project will probably sell later on to fund the next project.
I think that the frame has been damaged at some point there is a long chicken scratch weld in front of the seat on the floorboard where they had welded all the way across the plate and into the frame. It does still have the serial number buried in the paint. I will dig into it some more when I get back out to the shop.
