TOC aster motor pacer stayer steher gangmaker derny project

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That would be Thaddaus Robl sitting on the right and Dickentman sitting on the left.

 

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So a lot has happened in past couple of months........I had acquired several early tandem parts to recreate a chassis 1897-02 for my aster motor.........was pretty broke all summer,past on some interesting projects because of it........finally got caught up and bought this oddball early jalopy tandem that sat on eBay for months.........

I bought because it had pacer geometry but it was a pedal pacer so really just a cool piece to add to my pacer/stayer fold..........the day after I bought it another collector contacted me about the very bike on eBay.....he wanted my take on it....."well it's a screwy tandem that looks messed with".......he said he thought it looked as though it had a motor at some point........I looked closer,I don't know why I never saw the 3rd yes 3rd rear sprocket........or took any notice to its size..........plain as day it was indeed a motor pacer chassis with much of its original parts but appeared to be modified at some point......namely shortened and made pedal tandem

I will hopefully be adding more pics in a short while.......check out this split casting they used when modifying......they did a good job of the mods

 

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so i found the or at least one of the original finishes was vermillion......kinda a deep maroon......unfortunately the last painter did pretty decent prep.....not perfect so i will be able to match the color.....and i wont paint in anything but the original nitro cellulose/laquer......modern finishes look well modern and this is an antique so proper materials are a must

 

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this thing is nothing but special proprietary parts.......even the crank arms.....check out how fat the area around where the pedal threads in.......beefcakes......4 plate fork crown....forks are nickel plated too for what its worth

at some point the thing was shortened where the motor used to sit....maybe at the same time maybe not the rims were changed,seats,pedals........and really curious was the addition of a chainring on the other side to the forward bb crank assembly.....at that time they added a extra or 3rd sprocket to the rear hub axle.......the rear crank arms were not "fixed" but free floated on the fixed rear hub originally

so it ran 2 chains in a really long chain and odd appearance