Oh no! Sears Chief Parted Out (!) on the bay

[creebobby]

Goodness - Rusty teens Sears Chief is being entirely parted out.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-MID-LATE-TEENS-SEARS-CHIEF-BICYCLE-MOTORBIKE-FRAME-ORIGINAL-ANTIQUE-INDIAN?item=180947792403&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26itu%3DI%252BUA%26otn%3D12%26pmod%3D180948047885%26po%3DLWI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1298607512705732292#ht_500wt_1181

It will be interesting to add up all the totals from all the parts and compare it to what they could have gotten for it whole.

The thing survives ninety five years, only to be split up five years before it turns 100.
I know it's a parts hobby and it just comes down to economics, but wow.

 

[fuzzyktu]

too bad...that was a cool bike!!!

 

[Rambler]

Yes this would be a good auction to watch to see if parting out really makes financial sense or not.

 

[bricycle]

...too bad everything was so severely weathered!!

 

[Gary Mc]

Sad sad sad

All I can say is this is sad!!!!!!!!! This one deserved to be saved intact. To each his own but NO WAY I would have ever parted that bike out, it deserved a better fate.

 

[Nick-theCut]

Definately a shame. Individually just some crusty parts. Collectively an awesome survivor. This is almost like staking a vampire... the end of an era.

 

[SirMike1983]

I've had my eye on this since it turned up on ebay- just curious more than anything else. It's pretty crusty, but it could make a very nice project for someone with a lot of time and money to put into it. From what I can tell the original paint was a harlequin-type two-tone job. If you could recreate that with care and attention, it would really be a nice looking bike. The beauty is that, even after almost 100 years, you have the components there to at least make a run at it. With bikes of that age you're often missing stuff or in the hunt for something that may not even be out there anymore. Of course being parted out, you have to win all the different auctions if you want to take on the whole project.

 

[Nickinator]

I am considering buying every part instead of a airflow.

Nick.

 

[Gary Mc]

I am considering buying every part instead of a airflow.

Nick.

Nick, I hope someone does exactly that. I considered it but if I bring in another bike right now my wife will kill me. Good luck & I hope you get it. It is really a great bike dependent on how high all the parts go. Would be a great candidate for a total restoration.

 

[bricycle]

It's weird that the saddle survived so much better than the rest....those spokes are barely there!