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TOC 1908 ( I think ) Racycle restoration

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filmonger

Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
In Memoriam
TOC 1903 Racycle restoration

I have some rather crusty kelly bars from my racycle and am curious as to how I should clean them up - Should I use Steel wool and treat it with oil afterwards?? orrrr are there better suggestions! The grips look like toast to me - but maybe some of you have some suggestions. The Lucky 7 seat post seems Ok and should clean up easily. The rat traps look like they will cleanup well - though one has a broken bolt hole for the missing footstrap. All suggestions appreciated. Will keep you all posted on the rest of the bike as well as it progresses.

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i guess it depends on your plans. You mentioned restoration [ restore back to original ], but do you really mean preservation [ clean up and keep in the current state ]?

if it is preservation, i think the chrome [ or is it nickel? ] looks shot. If i were you i would derust it in one of the typical solvents and steel wool it.

if it is restore, just blast it[ sand everything off ] and get it recoated with metal of choice
 
Here is the Saddle - Leather is all gone and just the wood base.....seems solid enough. Metal is pitted and rusty but I have seen much worse.

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Fork and front Wheel - the wood wheel is slightly warped but I think I can get it true...so I will have to do a Nick the Cut job on it - front Hub looks good - Paint is slightly iffy but you can see the detail of the nickel points. Tire is shot

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Frame and Rear Hub & Wheel - Frame is fairly rusty on the top tube....the down tube you can still see remnants of the R - fairly rusty by the rear wheel. Head badge looks good. This is kind of a tough call - think I will go the preservation route to start with. The Rear wheel you can still see some of the pin stripes - tire shot. Morrow hub looks good. Crank should clean up OK - Narrow thread block chain should also clean up ok - can't quite make out the markings on it though.

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Great bike. I can't wait to see that one rolling again. I have one TOC bike and if I ever get another it will be a Racycle Pacemaker. V/r Shawn
 
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