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Here is the start of collecting. Back around 1974 or so this bike was setting on the side of the rode and I went to the house and they said they put it by the road with the hope someone could use it. I am trying to sell it now someone in the family over the years thought they where a body man and told my brother he could fix the scratches on the front fender. When we saw what he could do we stopped him and primed the fender. He was not a body man. I come from a big family (8 kids and a single mother) so we could not afford bikes for the kids so we went around the area and picked up any parts we could for free and pieced them together. Never had a complete bike that I did not build myself from many other bikes till we got the Schwinn. Which I found out that it was a Whizzer that never had a motor installed. Still rides great!!!
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Hey guys. A friend of mine took me over to a ladies house after her husband passed away to pick up a couple old bikes she gave him. One was a 1958 middle weight Spitfire in great shape with nice original paint and the other was a 1941 Excelsior Dx that someone had painted silver, red and green. They painted everything including the Chrome, Tires and even the seat. I've had it for 30 years now. I removed the paint and it took most of the white paint off so I repainted the wings on the frame. The hole for the fender light had been filled in with lead and then bondo was over that. I fixed it and repainted the tip of the fender. I fixed the rack and tank and repainted them. I love it. Barry

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Unless it's in a picture with my old collie when I was 8 or 9 (which I'm not sure I have on me, probably with my mother) that bike never got photographed, but it was a yellow five speed diamond frame, have no idea of the make.
 
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