Seat mast crack or no crack...Opinions ??

[Kato]

Selling a bike and don't want to give anybody a jam-job
Guy asked about frame cracks so I looked the bike over and found this - see pics
It's a perfectly straight line......does not look like a stress fracture crack at all.
Possibly built to lengthen the down tube since the head tube is so much longer on this bike - to level the frame off ???

 

[GTs58]

Seat mast, not the down tube. Yep, looks like they added a section making it a larger frame. WTF were they thinking?

 

[Kato]

Got it - seat mast..........Thanks
I'm guessing back in the day - especially those days they made 1 thing work for multiple things.
Remember this was the Depression Era........

 

[Archie Sturmer]

Looks like braze joints are the question; not sure if we are looking at lead-solder repairs, or just old joints. I do not think that the frame was changed (e.g., additions), but the microscopic veiws make it hard to discern.
I believe that there is another thread about a bike with the odd looking head tube.

 

[reverenddrg]

Looks like braze joints are the question; not sure if we are looking at lead-solder repairs, or just old joints. I do not think that the frame was changed (e.g., additions), but the microscopic veiws make it hard to discern.
I believe that there is another thread about a bike with the odd looking head tube.

 

[reverenddrg]

Strip to bare metal. This will give an idea if it is shonky. Craft built will look way different than shonky built, on the join.

 

[GTs58]

Looks like braze joints are the question; not sure if we are looking at lead-solder repairs, or just old joints. I do not think that the frame was changed (e.g., additions), but the microscopic veiws make it hard to discern.
I believe that there is another thread about a bike with the odd looking head tube.

Really? You don't think that seat mast was extended?

 

[Archie Sturmer]

Do you think that the seat mast was extended?

It kind of looks like the bike was flipped upside down; or maybe just that one picture.
I believe that there may be another thread about showing us one’s microscopic pictures.
The photographer might back-up just a little bit; (and maybe add some lighting — in front).

 

[Robertriley]

Looks factory to me.

 

[GTs58]

Looks factory to me.

Yep, factory job for sure..................... Hey Bundy! We have an order for a big un.