Sunday's Show and Tell ... 7/23/23

[Rusty72]

Finds from last couple weeks.

 

[John Gailey]

No bikes, but a few fun things.
Some rough looking redlines.
Some old and older slot cars.
Corgi Yellow Submarine and a Monkeymobile.

 

[New York Pope]

I went to mid Ohio race track for vintage motorcycle days yesterday with my brother. Found this beautiful little gem at one of the vendors. It’s an original paint pedal seat handle grips etc. rollfast deluxe. I believe it may have had a tank at one time and would be grateful if anyone has a rollfast Tank that would be the right one for this bike. Please let me know as I would like to complete this beauty for posterity‘s sake. Enjoy Richard Pope
I have the Delta headlight just haven’t put it on yet

 

[Barnegatbicycles]

Busy bicycle week. Picked up this awesome 98 Eclipse bicycle ( with crank actuated scrub brake and killer morrow hubs). In researching this bike I learned that the famous Frank Kramer raced an eclipse his first year before getting grabbed up by Pierce. Also found some other great pieces of research. Finally, I completed a 2spd chainless I've been working on for over a year.

 

[bikesnbuses]

I got some great stuff in the last week or so..AND just now!
I picked up some stuff via the CABE ,eBay and Craigslist
I picked up a NICE Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle box(only),some GREAT comics from @SJ_BIKER that were SUPER WELL PACKED (Thank god as the box was BEST up by the USPS.. ..
A sweet Ace Frehley mask for my Halloween mask collection,2 MINT Megos CHEAP from the same eBay seller and another American flag bell! It was nicer than I thought,the bottom was "rusty" but in hand,MUCH better that I thought!

And the best for last..I bought this Rollfast V70 today!
Because apparently the ONLY way I can get another set of aluminum truss rods is if I buy the WHOLE bike! But as a bonus it came with an aluminum Delta mouse tail light !!

 

[CURTIS L LINDGREN]

And the best for last..I bought this Rollfast V70 today!

Wow ! What a SCORE ! I'm diggin' it ! I'd be proud ridin' that one ! VERY NICE !!

 

[bikesnbuses]

Wow ! What a SCORE ! I'm diggin' it ! I'd be proud ridin' that one ! VERY NICE !!

Thanks! Thrilled to get it! Now I just need a chain guard and rack !

 

[birdzgarage]

got my fully built new process 205 transfer case for the big chevy.its a divorced unit,will be center mounted for equal length drive shafts.32 spline input and output shafts,1410 u joints and set up for twin stick cable shifters.will hold 750 to 800 ft lbs tq

 

[Nashman]

I had a good week as well. I inquired about a rare local Johnson Sound Equipment amplifier I spotted in a decades old repair shop here in Winnipeg ( almost NOS, still has the original cardboard boxes) about 3 years ago. Apparently the owner brought it in to be "gone over" and then vanished off the planet. I said to ask the owner if he'd sell it. The Shop owner tried calling him countless times to ask for payment and say that I wanted to buy it, with no response. . Well, the owner abandoned it and there was money owing. The shop owner Mike was reluctant to sell it "just in case" until last week ( after it being in his shop 3 years) as he's closing his repair shop after over 4 decades. I got the "call".

I hadn't forgotten about it, but more or less gave up. It was all fixed ( just needed minor tweaks) and like new. It had been used as an accordion amplifier, and still had the attachments for one. Well I wanted it for guitar and as a vintage eye candy unit. It's rarity and desirability was confirmed by a local expert ( still makes Garnet Amplifiers/made famous by the Guess Who and BTO) here I met with. It was manufactured in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada about 2 hours west of me likely back in the 1960's early 70's. I used to work in that town a couple days a month back in the 1990's and leer at the cool amps in the shop windows as they still had a few remnants in the all but abandoned/closed place. Back in the day, a booming business!"In 1949 Albert Johnson from Brandon Manitoba started the Johnson Sound Systems company and began manufacturing sound systems and amplifiers,and well ahead of his time in both design and sound. These have become quite sought after."

So it's part of the line up now. Mike had a sweet 4 X 12 speakers Garnet box in the shop I scouped as well and added a vintage Garnet Rebel II head and will soon be adding a modern ( built to original specs) Garnet Herzog made famous by Gary Bachman of the Guess Who/"American Woman"

sound. Also pictured are a couple more Garnets in my collection, one being a Sessionman.

"Gar" Gillies' Herzog - All Tube Guitar Effect - garnetamps.com - Home of the Garnet™ Amplifier Company

I also hung my 1938 CCM Flyte in the garage and swapped the tool box saddle Josh made me to my Hawthorne Flo Cycle. I put a nice Messenger on the CCM but didn't want a sweet toolbox saddle in the rafters out of sight.

 

[piercer_99]

Picked up a rough, ratty 1957 Schwinn middleweight this morning.
Got it from the former owners son, he said it hung in his Dad's shop for as long as he could remember. His dad just died recently at 86.