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Mae's Columbia (Finally starting up again)

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Mae's Columbia (Finally starting up again)

Postby ChrisMac on Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:07 pm

Thought I'd move this over here since I am buiilding it afterall.

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Original find:
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Stripped frame:
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Re: Mae's Columbia (formerly Yard Sale Columbia)

Postby ChrisMac on Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:10 pm

Front fender all stripped:
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Re: Mae's Columbia (formerly Yard Sale Columbia)

Postby ChrisMac on Fri Sep 02, 2011 5:38 pm

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Rear's all done too!
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Re: Mae's Columbia (formerly Yard Sale Columbia)

Postby FatBoy on Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:12 pm

What colors ya got in mind?Is this going to be a cruiser or klunker?You have me curious I picked up a similar frame the other day and im not sure what to do with it yet. :mrgreen:
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Re: Mae's Columbia (formerly Yard Sale Columbia)

Postby ChrisMac on Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:09 am

FatBoy wrote:What colors ya got in mind?Is this going to be a cruiser or klunker?You have me curious I picked up a similar frame the other day and im not sure what to do with it yet. :mrgreen:



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Something along these lines (per the friend I am building it for). Base color will be a dark magenta-ish color
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Re: Mae's Columbia (formerly Yard Sale Columbia)

Postby ChrisMac on Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:27 pm

!st two coats of primer.......

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Re: Mae's Columbia (formerly Yard Sale Columbia)

Postby SCHWINNRAY69 on Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:09 pm

Lookin' good 8)
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Re: Mae's Columbia (formerly Yard Sale Columbia)

Postby Big_Daddy_Sloth on Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:49 pm

Whoa! That kickstand looks cool. Nice find also. I'll be following this for sure.
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Re: Mae's Columbia (formerly Yard Sale Columbia)

Postby ChrisMac on Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:10 pm

Big_Daddy_Sloth wrote:Whoa! That kickstand looks cool. Nice find also. I'll be following this for sure.

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Re: Mae's Columbia (formerly Yard Sale Columbia)

Postby ChrisMac on Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:19 pm

Starting to work on the wooden rear rack mock up
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Headlamp option
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Re: Mae's Columbia (formerly Yard Sale Columbia)

Postby ChrisMac on Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:42 pm

She's opted to ditch the headlamp, but here's the rough frame for the rear wooden basket.

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Re: Mae's Columbia (formerly Yard Sale Columbia)

Postby ChrisMac on Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:55 pm

Making some headway on the rear rack.

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Re: Mae's Columbia (Nice Rack)

Postby ChrisMac on Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:49 pm

Not much more construction left now.

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Re: Mae's Columbia (Nice Rack)

Postby chimichanga on Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:28 pm

That is a nice rack. :D
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Re: Mae's Columbia (Nice Rack)

Postby crump582 on Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:46 am

Stripper, wood, rack... what kinda build is this?!

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