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Been awhile since busted this ole pig out, cleaned waxed aired up tires and yuuup, still running like a raped ape 🦍! So smooth and fast!
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Fitted new tyres onto the wheelset of my "airplane" (the headbadge explains my reason for calling it this), my 1930's French randonneur project.
And also added the brake levers and 3-speed 'Le Lauteret' derailleur mechanism and lever.....
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...3-speed freewheel and mudguards are already sourced and awaiting collection.
I just need to find a nice French saddle, some brake calipers and fabricate some cabling and it'll join the stable.
Oh, some stylish vintage French panniers too.
 
Todays project was more upgrades for my '37 Shelby Cadillac Roadster. Correct art deco stem (thanks PlasticNerd), Correct McCauley fenders with flat stays, and a new seat bag. Then out for a nice ride. After my ride I found and cleaned up a clip, and installed my drop stand and clip.

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Today I’m off work so I’m finishing up the repair on a 40 autocycle light housing. The base metal was cracked in two places around the front screw. I built a custom clamp to hold the pot metal housing together and then fiberglassed the underneath where it will be an invisible strong repair.
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The first pic shows the cracks, next I applied the epoxy repair underneath and let it dry 2 days before working it down.

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Here is the final product. The cracks were filled in with epoxy and chrome painted to more or less match the base metal, it’s not perfect, but very strong and if you don’t stare at it looks convincing.

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The final detail is setting the plastic lens into the housing grooves. I used a little clear silicone to hold the lens and allow for some flexing. Now I’m sanding the lens just a bit so it conforms to the fender nicely.

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Final product!
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Today I worked on assembling this 1935 Schwinn Cycleplane-badged as LaSalle(Chicago Cycle Supply). At this point bike has just been assembled to make sure everything fits. There has been no cleaning-tweaking-polishing-just a pile of parts put together in the first step to its preservation! It will be taken apart shortly and each part detailed before its final assembly. Tank will be sent off to Tom Clark to perform his awesome 'aged patina process' to the decal. Much of the original stripping is there and will get by for now. There is a dealer decal on the rear fender near the seat tube which will be carefully preserved as well. normally I am not a fan of the red/clay tires etc but the bike was so black it needed a little contrast(tire against the fenders). I will also go thru and have all the electrics working! Many thanks to Greg(classicriders)for offering this and many of the double diamond cycleplanes from a huge long hidden stash! What started as a d.d. frame for me to hang on the wall in my bikecave turned into an awesome project. I had many of the smalls for this bike stashed for years waiting for the right bike-this seemed like the one!


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Today I’m off work so I’m finishing up the repair on a 40 autocycle light housing. The base metal was cracked in two places around the front screw. I built a custom clamp to hold the pot metal housing together and then fiberglassed the underneath where it will be an invisible strong repair.
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The first pic shows the cracks, next I applied the epoxy repair underneath and let it dry 2 days before working it down.

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Here is the final product. The cracks were filled in with epoxy and chrome painted to more or less match the base metal, it’s not perfect, but very strong and if you don’t stare at it looks convincing.

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The final detail is setting the plastic lens into the housing grooves. I used a little clear silicone to hold the lens and allow for some flexing. Now I’m sanding the lens just a bit so it conforms to the fender nicely.

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Final product!
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Beautiful job! Looks great.
 
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