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Sunday's Show and Tell... 8/25/24
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Wolfmac
I live for the CABE
Received a beautiful Bob U. “rivet delete”saddle for my ‘51 Phantom.
Friend cut some little brass bushings to mount vintage Harley Davidson Guide lamps on the front of my Model A using factory fender brace holes.
Fit some modified thermostats to my Ford flathead coolant plumbing.
Purchased a coveted pair of “Made In U.S.A” Typhoon Cords for the Phantom
SOLD a Skull Skates 3 Bar that I purchased recently then decided quickly wasn’t for me.
Lastly and sadly did not attend the somewhat local bicycle swap today.
Friend cut some little brass bushings to mount vintage Harley Davidson Guide lamps on the front of my Model A using factory fender brace holes.
Fit some modified thermostats to my Ford flathead coolant plumbing.
Purchased a coveted pair of “Made In U.S.A” Typhoon Cords for the Phantom
SOLD a Skull Skates 3 Bar that I purchased recently then decided quickly wasn’t for me.
Lastly and sadly did not attend the somewhat local bicycle swap today.
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Chadillac
MY WALLET'S GONE! MY WALLET'S GONE!
Game changer!I got 11 brand new 25 foot measuring tapes for $1 each at a garage sale this week. I can have one EVERYWHERE
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Went to pick up my repaired lawn mower from this 8o year old man and after talking about mechanical things asked if he knew of any old bikes for sale. Said his friend has one to sell. It's almost complete and operates without a chain. After phoning him, I drove 1 1/2
1 1/2 hours into the country and came away with this. I will make it ridable.
Bike from the Dead
I live for the CABE
Technically, these were from the weekend before last, but here's what I picked up at the Springfield, Missouri swap meet back on the 16th. I bought most everything here for a really good deal from James, the guy who runs the bicycle museum and bicycle swap meet in Springfield. Got myself a ton of good parts to use on some custom projects, and even a couple projects that could use up some parts! I even got a very specific specialized part I've been dying to own for the last 5-6 years now!
These were the only things I didn't buy off of James, but I still got them all for a good price.
I got another bucket-list bike frame I've wanted for a while: a curved seat tube step-thru Elgin! Which got got thrown in, at no extra cost, with....
...this! A chrome Spaceliner with a genuine TRM convertible tank! I was stoked to get this, especially for the price I got it at. It didn't have the wheels and tires when I got it; I just threw those on to see how this bike used to look.
So glad that I finally got to return to the Springfield swap meet after 5 long years, and I'm especially happy with what I brought home with me that day!
These were the only things I didn't buy off of James, but I still got them all for a good price.
I got another bucket-list bike frame I've wanted for a while: a curved seat tube step-thru Elgin! Which got got thrown in, at no extra cost, with....
...this! A chrome Spaceliner with a genuine TRM convertible tank! I was stoked to get this, especially for the price I got it at. It didn't have the wheels and tires when I got it; I just threw those on to see how this bike used to look.
So glad that I finally got to return to the Springfield swap meet after 5 long years, and I'm especially happy with what I brought home with me that day!
rebirthbikes
I live for the CABE
I’ve been working a lot recently and haven’t had much time for bicycle hunting, but earlier this week I was on my way to Ohio to pick up an early twenties Schwinn made Deluxe Flyer. My plan was to stop and see some friends in the Dayton area. I decided to check the Craigslist ads of all places and I found this one listed four months ago and a couple things stood out to me right away.
I asked the seller for some extra photos of the headbadge area and if there were any holes in that area. He said no holes or badge and he sent over these photos.
The lugs, the chainring, and that orange paint under the black sealed the deal for me. All original sans the pedals and fenders. The stem was broken long ago, but I think it’s repairable. I decided to add the extra three hour drive on to my trip and 40 miles from where it was made in Middletown, Ohio, is where she was found, in Covington, Kentucky. A Flying Merkel. I’ve spent about fifteen hours getting the black paint off and I’ve made some progress.
With some insights on transfer preservation I’ve been able to preserve the transfers and pin stripes pretty well. A huge thank you to @Freqman1 for the help with this… your advice worked exceedingly well, thank you, sir. The rims still have their original paint in places too. A huge thank you to all the contributors on the Miami Cycle/Merkel thread, if it wasn’t for that thread and the history uncovered and SHARED I never would have given that dirty black bike a second look.
I asked the seller for some extra photos of the headbadge area and if there were any holes in that area. He said no holes or badge and he sent over these photos.
The lugs, the chainring, and that orange paint under the black sealed the deal for me. All original sans the pedals and fenders. The stem was broken long ago, but I think it’s repairable. I decided to add the extra three hour drive on to my trip and 40 miles from where it was made in Middletown, Ohio, is where she was found, in Covington, Kentucky. A Flying Merkel. I’ve spent about fifteen hours getting the black paint off and I’ve made some progress.
With some insights on transfer preservation I’ve been able to preserve the transfers and pin stripes pretty well. A huge thank you to @Freqman1 for the help with this… your advice worked exceedingly well, thank you, sir. The rims still have their original paint in places too. A huge thank you to all the contributors on the Miami Cycle/Merkel thread, if it wasn’t for that thread and the history uncovered and SHARED I never would have given that dirty black bike a second look.
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Rust_Trader
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
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