Sunday's Show and Tell...2/8/26

[jd56]

Let's see what classics you've found from the past week. Whether it be bike related or not. Please include pictures as we do love pictures!

 

[WillWork4Parts]

Picked up some oddball posters, nothing early or particularly valuable, but they caught my eye because these were the types of things still hanging in the Schwinn shops when I first peeked my head in the door as a kid.

The cartoon carrot just made me laugh...bizarre marketing! Ha

The dino I instantly recognized as being from PeeWee's Big Adventure, of the Cabazon Dinosaurs.

And a really late Cruiser poster/calendar showing both the Diamond Frame Cruisers and the Cantilever Frame Cruisers marketed together. Mostly I just liked the theater building in the background....and the T-bird with the Continental Kit! I had a framed poster of the same car on the wall as a kid.

I scooped up a couple boxes of early Bendix parts, some long Sturmey axles, Mattatuck parts, some 3.3.3. Overload cables, more Schwinn axles(stamped 55), and a bunch of other miscellaneous hardware.

Snagged some literature too, a Memphis Dealer ad binder, a Louisville Cycle ad binder, some 64 order forms, and a nifty 73 Dealers National Convention Notebook(blank, without any juicy info though).

Thanks Bob!

 

[catfish]

I got a few things. Been waiting to post this sled. Thanks to @bikesnbuses for the help.

 

[byke!punk]

This HD badge was unearthed by a treasure hunter in Oklahoma.

 

[Greg Kozak]

 

[Kramai88]

Some NOS items from local Schwinn dealer. 20 inch S2 rims 20 inch S7 rims. Fastback fenders 1rear Stingray fender 2 sets of balloon fenders and a set of 27 1/4 rims to lace for an extra set for one of the Paramounts.

 

[Fritz Katzenjammer]

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I used to work in a shop that had its own tool room with a row of several surface grinders. In the wall at the end of the shop was a crescent shaped piece of cutoff wheel buried deep in the wall. Beside it was a reminder to always put the guards back on the machine after changing the wheel. It was quite inspiring.

Here’s your reminder that America once lead the world in the production of high quality mass produced watches.

A Waltham model 92 watch, made to comply with railroad standards this thing still keeps excellent time, in spite of its serial number dating to 1900.

The watch was made about five years before synthetic jewels were invented, so there’s an assortment of rubies, sapphires and diamonds supporting its working bits. Most of those are in gold mounts.

 

[BFGforme]

A friend gifted me this plate yesterday!

Thanks again Hotdog!!

 

[Gully]

Found a couple tavern puzzles.

 

[Nashman]

A Bro had some extra NOS all metal pan Banana seats ( Taiwan) probably from the 70's, very close design to my original/except sissy bar/I kept the OG ( Taiwan) swing bike.

Added another Pontuick fat car ( the light blue sedan) : Rat Fink " Hear no, See no, Speak no, Evil " and I doubled up on my 1965 TN ( Toy Nomura Japan) 25" police car, just because. I put a long spring tool box saddle on my 1937 Flyte.

A groove in with MGA 1600 tin cars from ATC Japan decaled BMG in amazing detail. Woody was getting bored with AP repeats.