I finally got some bike pics to show you Cabers. I posted my new pair of Western Flyers on the Media page last night. They came as a pair from a Caber ( B/B) in Ohio with a little/lotta help from his friend (J/T) to ship. Spotted on the Cabe back in Feb. and they agreed to ship if I was patient.
Well patience ( not usually in my vocabulary) paid off and they arrived this week. The boys bike has lots of wear ( I hate the words "patina/barn find but they fit this bike) but is very complete rides decent, and the pair even has all original tires. The gals bike will polish up ( rims/brightwork) well when I have time. Both lights work ( I replaced the bottom on the boys with repop Rocket Ray) as do the horns with the usual tweaking.
I got a really nice all original BF Goodrich Schwinn Green Phantom ( I quote an owner/finder..."Nice survivor rescued from of all places, Orcas Island last week in the San Juan Island chain off of Washington state coast".) I lusted at over a year ago, and I just couldn't swing the deal/bad timing, the bike changed hands among 2 prominent Cabers out in LA and I got another chance this Spring to buy it. The 2 are pals and worked together to relocate this gem to Winnipeg via Bike Flights.
One small hitch is B/F musta dropped one box with a full body slam because the chain ring was badly bent. Dang....Well "specialized tools" ( crescent wrench/hammer/block of wood) got it spinning with only a smallish wow/plan to replace at some time with a better one. Bike was packed like "Fort Knox", so I dunno what they did, but take notes. I may swap the repop Typhoon B/W out for Clay red or a sweet set of BFG original w/w's or repop aged Typhoon W/W's.
Now I have decent examples of mostly original ( few parts swaps/upgrades) Black, Red, and Green Schwinn Phantom, pics to follow another time.
I bought a duplicate ( trader for some bike tires) of my tin toy Taiyo Japan assortment of '68 Corvettes, a neat #33 graphics with original box. Battery box was cracked/kinda trashed, but toy is in very nice condition. I got it working ( albeit a flat spot on the travel wheel/bump and go) with some patching to the brittle plastic bat box/terminals.
A local antique dealer buddy had some bike plates for me and a stop light set I'll hook up in my upper Man Cave/Garage. It's starting to take shape, just needs a bit of organizing. There's a time to build, and a time to organize..ha!
