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Thought I'd work on my spitfire today. Added a polished out seat, found some old truss rods and had to make a headset clamp for them, some white walls, shorter stem, wasn't liking the grips or the speedo on this one, and some cream and black pedals I got from hooch a while back. Everything...

Oh man, I thought I was dreaming when my good friend showed up at my front door with this sucker. "It's yours." He said. Holy Crud! Are you kidding me!? ! I'm not worthy!!! Check it out.... Check out the Old School solid metal skull caps...

My buddy just picked up a girls Firestone with this crazy three speed where the front sprocket should be, connected with dual cables to a twist grip shifter. Anyone seen one of these? Any info out there? Weird stuff, let me tell ya, I've never seen anything like it.

Here's my girlfriends new shiny rat, my first attempt at metalflake. Started with this, the shady lady. after hours and hours and days and days of spraying clearcoat and a little building, I got this... Thanks for lookin.

Some new additions to the herd: insta rat... parts rat...

What's up y'all, haven't been postin for a while but I've been here. Does anyone have any experience with the application of metal flake, dry, with no special dust shooter? Do I lay down a wet coat of base paint and sprinkle or what? I know I have to apply tons of clear afterwards...I just...

Hey guys, I know I've seen the link before, I just can't find it now. I just scored a spitfire with the serial number on the rear dropout, b3555. Does this equal Feb 1953? I just don't know!? Thanks, Justin

Seems really familiar to me, just can't picture the original bike it came off of. Help....Anyone? Definitely cool though. Thanks for lookin.

any info on a bendix two speed lever shifting hub? I've never worked on one before. anything I should watch out for while taking it apart? any help is great.

saved this ole boy from the scrap dumpster today. tires are rotted out, but everything else seems ok, to my standards. check out the light, pretty cool lil rocket ship. I'll put some new tires on and clean him up and post more pictures.

check out my new hundred dollar minihog... Its gonna be a good summer!

build thread: http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=775

i shoulda been working, but I went bike hunting instead. found this ole girl in a junk yard for pretty cheap, 30 bones. this is how i found her. and this is after a little wool and W D. alll i had to do was put air in the tires! i don't have too many ladies but this one caught my...

what's up ya'll. My name is justin, I live in northern california and I am glad to have found a place where weirdos like me can check out each others work, i love this site. For awhile there, I thought there weren't too many of us out there, boy was I wrong. Glad to be a part of this...

Here she is, my entry. I think it's a schwinn knock off from the late fifties or sixties. When I got it, it was rusty and reddish with no markings. Sorry about the late progress pictures, my camera was on the fritz. Anyways I've already painted her with some rustoleum satin accent...

this is my first build, a 60's? rampar frame, some springer forks, old messinger seat, cheapo chrome fender, wald sproket, and a little black paint on the frame and black with red striping on the chain guard. came out o.k. and a smooth rider to boot.

does anyone know where to get replacement horn components besides ebay. Maybe a motorcycle, scooter parts house? I can rebuild em, but broken is just broken sometimes, if you know what I mean. thanks Justin

J.C. Higgins I picked up yesterday, not sure if I'm going to take her apart just yet, I kinda like her looks. I've got some huge bull horn bars that might look nice, and I'm definitely going to take a wire wheel to the now padless metal seat and throw a clear coat on it. And yes, maybe a...

I've posted a picture of my bike before, but I was wondering if any one recognized the make and or model. I was told it was possibly a 1948 or older Schwinn but the serial numbers don't match, and the frame styling is different from other Schwinns I have dealt with before, With a taller head...

New guy here, here's one of my specimens, check it out... [/img]