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My wife found this one handing in a barn this afternoon, emailed me a pic, and I said "offer $40." The seller said no, he wanted $175. My wife walked away, and he says "you wouldn't do $50?" and she said no, $40 was it. So he took it, and now I have it. I think it's a West German bike from...

I was more than a little shocked to get the opportunity to own this bike. It's a Harley Davidson, exact year TBD, but we know that they were only made for 5 years: 1917 - 1922. This old fella is missing the head badge (likely scarfed some time in the last 10 years according to the original...

I paid $20 for this Iron Horse Warrior frame, two Rock Shock front forks (Dart and Judy) in perfect condition -- Dart suspension forks look like they have never been used; headset, stem handlebars, nice alloy seatpost, seat, and a set of 26" alloy wheels with nice tires/tubes and Shimano...

Paid $15 for this, thinking it had potential for something cool (I have a few ideas already). Anyone know what it might be? Has the Schwinn look to it. 26" wheels....

In addition to a really nice J.C. Higgins I had to pay up for, I was able to score two Schwinns and a Western Flier Tandem. I'm keeping the black Schwinn to do a rat rod trail bike and will also keep the Western Flier (going to repaint that one). But if someone has an itch for the blue...

I was fortunate enough to buy this bike from the original owner, who went to Mitchell Street in Milwaukee to buy this bike in (he thinks) the late 30's or early 40's. He delivered newspapers on it for 3 years, and told us how he built a trailer to haul the Sunday editions around with it (must...

Ratrodders and Ratrodesses, I purchased this frame for $1 along with two sets of wheels (with some crazy hubs I've never seen ever before) about 2 weeks ago. It hung in a shed attached to a barn that is all going to be torn down shortly (they are widening the state road and straightening it...

Here's a review of what I was up to last weekend. I did 3 sex changes, and 1 stretch. Worked for 3 days straight cutting, grinding, welding, and grinding. This first example is the one I'll show first. It's probably the one I'll finish first and use as well. It's a 19xx Cleveland Welding...

I don't know what year this bike is, but it was my Dad's, and has been hanging upside down from the rafters for at least 30 years. I remember riding this thing a couple of times when I was a kid, but thought it was uncool, and was much more into my Stingray and eventually my Huffy 10 speed...

Here is my son's Schwinn Typhoon after a mechanical refresh! :D It started out as a $30 rummage sale score: We removed the front fender. The rear fender was heavily dented, so that came off, and we whacked on it with a hammer and dolly to smooth it out again and give it the proper "rat...

I picked up a 1960 something Shelby Hiawatha at a rummage sale for $35 because I wanted a cruiser and didn't want to drop $500 on a new one. This Shelby looked like a good candidate for a rat rod, so in the truck it went. And then I had to get it apart and paint it. I used a wire wheel on my...

Hi all, add another bike lover to the list, I'm here. I just got into rat rodding recently, and have had a blast with it. I've got a few awesome projects on the horizon, just need someone with above average TIG welding skills to get me through the complicated fab work. I just ratted a 1960...