So I finally got my hand on my mothers 1950's Columbia she got a new bike for mothers day so I got this bike from her for only 25 bucks witch is sweet. This bike has a cool story; when my Mother and Father bought my grandfathers house form him it was in a 100 year old shed in the back yard, and before that some of my grand fathers friends bought it for him as a gift in the late 1970's, it then sat in the shed for the next 20 years, and when my family moved in, my mother took it out of the shed and put it in to the yard and it became yard art, for the next 9 years it sat in the garden, and then 2 years ago my younger brother fixed it up for my mother. He put new wheels on it and some cool old baskets, I saved the Bendix rear wheel when he fixed it up so it's nice to have but I don't think I will put it back on, it's really rusty and the newer wheel set is safer and matches the old paint. That the crank set is bent would be an understatement so I will have to put some new cranks on. Oh, and the fork wants to turn left all the time, you have to fight it the hole time you ride it 
, I'm going to take off the front basket but haven't decided if I want to keep the rear one. Here is my starting point for build off 9, happy to be here building cool bicycles
Don't know if this is bad but if you guys could tell me how to fix it that would be great
I found out that this is a 1951 Columbia so that's cool
So I just finished tear down and it all looks good so far, except the cranks those are done for, the fenders I can take apart clean and reshape as for why the bike wants to turn left all the time I have no clue, the wheel set was a internal 3 speed but is was being used as a signal speed witch is fine, but now I have to rebuild it and I have no idea how to rebuild a 3 speed wheel set so if anybody can help me that would be great, the fork is one for the coolest things I have ever seen on a bicycle, this is my first 50's springer forks so I'm really excited. here are the bones now, time for cleaning
Here are the tires I'm thinking about using
I update my original post so if you interested in my build you have to find my original post
, I'm going to take off the front basket but haven't decided if I want to keep the rear one. Here is my starting point for build off 9, happy to be here building cool bicycles
Don't know if this is bad but if you guys could tell me how to fix it that would be great
I found out that this is a 1951 Columbia so that's cool
So I just finished tear down and it all looks good so far, except the cranks those are done for, the fenders I can take apart clean and reshape as for why the bike wants to turn left all the time I have no clue, the wheel set was a internal 3 speed but is was being used as a signal speed witch is fine, but now I have to rebuild it and I have no idea how to rebuild a 3 speed wheel set so if anybody can help me that would be great, the fork is one for the coolest things I have ever seen on a bicycle, this is my first 50's springer forks so I'm really excited. here are the bones now, time for cleaning
Here are the tires I'm thinking about using
I update my original post so if you interested in my build you have to find my original post
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