Sears screamer

[nightrider]

My neighborhood had a 4th of July parade on my block this year. I put some of my prewar ballooner bikes (8) on display in front of my house. At the end of the festivities, a lady down the street said she had her childhood bike. Asked if I wanted it, but said "it's a chopper though". I said sure. An hour later she brought this over.

 

[buickmike]

Ask if she will take a pic with the bike.

 

[nightrider]

Ask if she will take a pic with the bike.

thats a good idea! I should do a before and after with her. maybe she would even like to ride it.

 

[stingrayjoe]

Maybe she has photos of the bike when new?

 

[Jaxon]

Your bike is a 72 or 73. With the BMA sticker, fork reflectors is how to tell. Great score. A chainguard should not be hard to find.

 

[JLF]

Wow! Nice bike! Should be a fun project.

 

[nightrider]

Slowly getting this back on the road. It's still crusty, but all moving parts now function as they should. Waiting on a freewheel and some bar tape. Original seat pan is soaking. I'm going to try and recover it myself. Trying not to spend much money on it. I'm in it for $100 + - already. Anyone have a chain guard?
Thanks for looking, cheers.
Johnny

 

[Grey Ghost]

I remember those.
I had a 1968 Sears Spyder 10 speed so I used to look at all the Sears bikes when they came out.

Reminds me of the Murray Eliminator and the Raleigh Choppers.

 

[Grey Ghost]

Wasn’t the red lever a “drag brake” that you could release for “burnouts”?

 

[nightrider]

It's riding again! Just need to do the park brake thingy and fix the sagging reflector. Also going to have the seat pan, headbadge area and downtube pinstriped.