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Well, I'm new here and I'm hoping someone can help me!
This summer my boyfriend and I were taking down some barn wood at my best friend's house. My friend bought a very large farmhouse with a large collapsing barn and 4 outbuildings. Since she bought the place, the barn has pretty much collapsed, so since my boyfriend and I build things with old wood, we were there to take some before it was beyond use. That was when I noticed 2 trikes. One was beyond saving, then there was another one that was pretty much solid, just very rusty.
The only identifying marks on it was a G on the front of the fork, nothing else. Anyone know what it is or about how old it is?
Also, if you look at the pics, between the handlebars is a round thing that I have no idea what it was for. Any ideas?
I took on this project to restore it for my friend for her birthday in December. This is my first time restoring anything like this (I work with glass or wood, not metal! lol). So, I am looking for a few things/ideas:
1. I have burnt through many sandpaper rolls on my dremel on all that rust. Is there anything else I can use that would be faster to take it all off?
2. To get the tires off, I had to remove the red bolt covers (hubs?) and they were already cracked. I can't find them anywhere..not ebay, nothing. Any ideas?
3. I have thought for days on what to do with that hole between the handlebars. Please help with any ideas!!!
I am SO glad I found this site and I hope someone can help!!!
This summer my boyfriend and I were taking down some barn wood at my best friend's house. My friend bought a very large farmhouse with a large collapsing barn and 4 outbuildings. Since she bought the place, the barn has pretty much collapsed, so since my boyfriend and I build things with old wood, we were there to take some before it was beyond use. That was when I noticed 2 trikes. One was beyond saving, then there was another one that was pretty much solid, just very rusty.
The only identifying marks on it was a G on the front of the fork, nothing else. Anyone know what it is or about how old it is?
Also, if you look at the pics, between the handlebars is a round thing that I have no idea what it was for. Any ideas?
I took on this project to restore it for my friend for her birthday in December. This is my first time restoring anything like this (I work with glass or wood, not metal! lol). So, I am looking for a few things/ideas:
1. I have burnt through many sandpaper rolls on my dremel on all that rust. Is there anything else I can use that would be faster to take it all off?
2. To get the tires off, I had to remove the red bolt covers (hubs?) and they were already cracked. I can't find them anywhere..not ebay, nothing. Any ideas?
3. I have thought for days on what to do with that hole between the handlebars. Please help with any ideas!!!
I am SO glad I found this site and I hope someone can help!!!
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