Sunday's Show and Tell... 2/25/24

[nick tures]

Lemon from last week, and some more projects this week, looking for 20” parts for the girls spitfire balloon tire to

 

[BRadzGarage]

Got a couple of thermometers today.

 

[BRadzGarage]

Also, got this really neat old school belt driven air compressor.

 

[Barto]

Picked up a couple of these things a few weeks back, but I was just able to get eyes on them this week. I was fortunate at an online auction to be able to secure this Haverford Black Beauty tank in original paint… I thought a frame I had was a Haverford; unfortunately, I was mistaken. Still a beautiful tank.

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That Tank is really nice - what kind of frame would that fit?

 

[rebirthbikes]

That Tank is really nice - what kind of frame would that fit?

Hey Bart,
I believe Miami made these bicycles for the Haverford Co from 1917-1919, but my timing may be wrong. I really fell in love with them. Here’s the thread on these bicycles:

'The Thoroughbred of Bicycles' Miami 1917-1919 Black Beauty | Antique Bicycles Pre-1933

1917-1919 Haverford Cycle Company (Miami made) Black Beauty Champion model . (Faux tank) Special thanks to Nick(nickanator), Paul(Oldwhizzer), Brant (New Mexico Brant) , Ivo (balloontyre), also scored a very cool original catalog with original envelope and correspondence.

thecabe.com

Catalog image courtesy of @Goldenindian