tacochris
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Haha a little late is right buddy! I kid...
Yeah man i love learning new techniques and tools!!
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The epic revival of the Worst Cycle-Truck ever
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Yeah man i love learning new techniques and tools!!
tacochris
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Im in the parts-locating process currently, but i thought it would be fun to post some crust photos from the original back half that i saved to hang on the wall as a reminder.
Ive seen rust but ive rarely seen metal separate in layers like old wood!
I must mention that i only had to cut one small spot and the rest came off with a light tug. Haha
Ive seen rust but ive rarely seen metal separate in layers like old wood!
I must mention that i only had to cut one small spot and the rest came off with a light tug. Haha
tacochris
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Haha honestly i have a duck-tail front Schwinn 26 fender and I totally considered it for a while. .....but someone really awesome stepped up and is offering me a fender shortly which is a huge blessing! In the end, ide love to use as much original parts as possible.
Thanks for the compliment! Im grateful for you guys to see this mission play out.
rusty_apache
Finally riding a big boys bike
Hell that’ll buff out....
tacochris
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Haha might not be anything left when im done buffing.
tacochris
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Next on the fabrication list this weekend is replacing what some dink cut off at some point in my CT’s life. Fabricating based off of actual factory measurements @MEKANIXFIX was kind enough to get for me.
I considered welding back the ears that were cut off but after a long consideration, the best way is to remove whats left and add back a new unit.
Stay tuned!!
I considered welding back the ears that were cut off but after a long consideration, the best way is to remove whats left and add back a new unit.
Stay tuned!!
tacochris
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Well guys....another large piece is now fixed!
At some point in this bikes life, someone lopped off the ears of the front bracket like a pit bull so now thats done.
I originally was going to cut off whats left and put on an entirely new bracket but the more I thought about it, the more sick i felt about getting rid of the factory chicago welds. So even though it was harder, i decided to just remake the ears so the original factory center piece and chicago welds would remain forever. When you’re dealing with a bike this rough, you have to try to keep as much history and soul as you can.
I have not added the holes on either side of the head tube but i will later on.
Enjoy!
whats left of the original...
New ear templates made
Nice little test fit
Wham bam and done-skee! Went way better than i expected but still a ton of work. Based on factory measurements.
Factory Chicago top and side welds still intact...
One step closer to a solid cycle truck!
At some point in this bikes life, someone lopped off the ears of the front bracket like a pit bull so now thats done.
I originally was going to cut off whats left and put on an entirely new bracket but the more I thought about it, the more sick i felt about getting rid of the factory chicago welds. So even though it was harder, i decided to just remake the ears so the original factory center piece and chicago welds would remain forever. When you’re dealing with a bike this rough, you have to try to keep as much history and soul as you can.
I have not added the holes on either side of the head tube but i will later on.
Enjoy!
whats left of the original...
New ear templates made
Nice little test fit
Wham bam and done-skee! Went way better than i expected but still a ton of work. Based on factory measurements.
Factory Chicago top and side welds still intact...
One step closer to a solid cycle truck!
tacochris
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Thanks bud! Hearing someone who owns a CT say it looks factory means I did good!
As soon as this bad boy is road worthy, a cruise is 100% necessary because i’ll be hard to stop on this thing!
Little side note: i already have the measurements and steel to replicate the basket brackets!
