well its almost finished i have the seat in the garage recovered it in a hot pink glitter material all im waiting for is tires (thanks to wildcat) they should be here this week sometime and i still have to paint the front wheel doing that in the morning and i will post better pics at that time...
shes 12yr's old and she picked out the colors she wanted
as far as progress i took the old seat apart yesterday top pan was shot so i'm on the hunt for a seat with a good pan now found a set of early cross-braced torrington that the chrome was shot on so i painted them white ill put some pics...
my daughter was wanting a new bike this yr for christmas but a tight as money is this yr decided to try and build her one from parts i had laying around i don't have but 1 before pic and it was just to look for a badge i started with and old jc higgins frame and fork (would like a springer but...
as the good book says "an eye for an eye" i would have to agree call the city and explain whats going on. i'm sure if its been there that long its been an eye sore so they will probally be willing to work something out
that rocks! i had a set of blue glitter grips for i was going to put on it but i lost them in the garage somewhere you dont have another set of those pedals do ya?
picked up today from my best guess it a late 40's western flyer been restored and a couple of Pics of the other bikes in my fleet
look at that profile
chrome is a little pitted but all og
cool little accessory
my middle daughters lil chic
my oldest daughters new 24" (project Hollyhood)
i had a 67 when i lived in tennessee lower than my 64 (roads were smooth as glass there) with a stock 1600 i lived 20 miles outside the knoxville area and it was another 10 miles to where i worked including lunch and errands on the way home i averaged about a 70 mile round trip a day for 2 yrs...