fordmike65
Riding a '37 Colson Imperial
Through a tip by a Cabe member, some sleuthing and another kind Caber that was more than willing to help a stranger without question, I was able to find a set of elusive 1936 Colson deep chrome fenders for my LWB Completely Equipped Motorbike. The bike popped up on CL with no contact info, but by tracking down other items for sale by the blue shed in the background, I was able to put a local Caber in touch with the seller. After a few days of missed connections, it was finally safe & in possession. It's by no means a complete bike, but I believe by putting it together with my bike, I can have a pretty nice representation of what it once was.
The bike is still soaking in WD40, hopefully shipping out this week sometime, but I have plenty of pics from the listed as well as the pickup & disassembly. It's really only a frameset & fenders with what looks like a Hawthorne crankset. I figured it had been swapped in at one time, but then I remember another similar Colson with one rear deep chrome fender that was posted here a while back. I searched for the thread, found the bike, and what do you know....the same Hawthorne crankset! WTH?? Coincidence? Maybe a hardware store or bike shop used these cranksets on all their bikes?? Alien intervention???? Seriously, what are the odds that two 1936 LWB Colson Completely Equipped Motorbikes with rarely seen deep chrome fenders both have the same crankset???? Has anyone else seen another? Possibly have any info? I'm baffled. It must be....from another world...
The bike I've purchased:
Another Colson Moto that was posted a while back:
@fatbike
@sm2501
@geosbike
@Krakatoa
@Schwinn1776
The bike is still soaking in WD40, hopefully shipping out this week sometime, but I have plenty of pics from the listed as well as the pickup & disassembly. It's really only a frameset & fenders with what looks like a Hawthorne crankset. I figured it had been swapped in at one time, but then I remember another similar Colson with one rear deep chrome fender that was posted here a while back. I searched for the thread, found the bike, and what do you know....the same Hawthorne crankset! WTH?? Coincidence? Maybe a hardware store or bike shop used these cranksets on all their bikes?? Alien intervention???? Seriously, what are the odds that two 1936 LWB Colson Completely Equipped Motorbikes with rarely seen deep chrome fenders both have the same crankset???? Has anyone else seen another? Possibly have any info? I'm baffled. It must be....from another world...
The bike I've purchased:
Another Colson Moto that was posted a while back:
@fatbike
@sm2501
@geosbike
@Krakatoa
@Schwinn1776
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