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A neighbor down the road found this for me and asked if I wanted it so after a Jackson exchanged hands I'm the new owner of this heap. It came with a triple tree fork and apes but they will be used on other things. Probably just throw this together with junk parts and sell it. Back end has a few re-welds but looks solid.

 
Finally sold the Haro. Got $50 out of it so I didn't do too bad. I paid $40 for the 4 bikes, sold the Haro for $50, sold the Huffy 24" for $250 shipped so I got about $180ish, and scrapped the other 2 for $10.

$240 from a $40 investment...Not bad at all. :mrgreen: If I could do this everyday I'd do it all day, every day, and twice on Sunday.
 
Good return :)

Always great to have some to sink back into the hobby :)

scrap must be way up or higher down there, you'd never get 10 for two at scrap prices here, I have scrappers sell em to me for 5 each cause they only bring maybe 3.00.

Bummer to not get some kids on those, but what can you do.

would love to find one of those 24" bmx - I have a 24" Huffy mtn bike with the striaght tube forks, been thinking of cutting the dropouts off and welding in 20" huffy bmx ones...
 
Green Dragon said:
Good return :)

Always great to have some to sink back into the hobby :)

scrap must be way up or higher down there, you'd never get 10 for two at scrap prices here, I have scrappers sell em to me for 5 each cause they only bring maybe 3.00.

Bummer to not get some kids on those, but what can you do.

would love to find one of those 24" bmx - I have a 24" Huffy mtn bike with the striaght tube forks, been thinking of cutting the dropouts off and welding in 20" huffy bmx ones...
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I turned in some other scrap too so it probably was more like $3. If I did re-do them I could throw them on Craigslist for $5 each and they'd still be here next year, that's why I just part them down and I never fix them. I did use the wheels from the speed racer bike on my Dark pony mini build though.

The 24" Huffy I'd have kept but the offer was too good to turn down so it went to Texas.
 
Got around to working on the trike more today and found a fork that fits it and isn't one of my "Keep" forks. I have decided this one will go on Craigslist and be sold off cheap due to me not wanting to mess with it and it having a re-welded hub that kinda scares me. Anyone local that wants it I'm only asking $40 on there but $30 for RRB members and it does ride. Not great but it moves on it's own power and steers. Needs the chain oiled, brakes, front tube, and some TLC.

http://kokomo.craigslist.org/bik/3809615394.html

 
Nickinator said:
the amf wedge looks pretty good now! and I love the cool trike man.

Nick.
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Thanks, I have been wanting to get back to building that one but I am waiting for flip bikes to sell so i can get paint and supplies.

As she sits now. Also have a mini me build to go with it.

 
I love my local LBS! Not because he's a nice guy, not because he's got cool stuff in the store, but because he's got no appreciation for classic bikes and throws anything related to old bikes away. So today I scored some cool parts. 2 Messanger seats, 2 AS seat clamps, 2 Schwinn handlebars, a basket, and a crank and pedal. plus a fender that will buff out. :lol:







So to say thank you and keep the guy in business I bought a few things for my daily ride Diamondback, an alloy kickstand for $7.95 which is actually made in the USA! and a pair of cool valve caps for $6.95 that he just got in.





 
I went into the antique shop downtown and found a killer cool bike but it is Not For Sale at the moment and he said IF he sold it it'd be above retail... said he'd price it at $1200 and come down to like $800... rare color... yada yada.. blah blah :roll: . But I did get pictures for all of us to drool over.



 
Those first set of handlebars look like the kind used on the rear of Schwinn tandems.
 
Wildcat said:
Those first set of handlebars look like the kind used on the rear of Schwinn tandems.
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Might be! I did notice he was working on a campus green Schwinn Tandem when I went inside. Maybe these parts were take offs from that.
 
I was gonna say the same thing, those bars are pretty sweet, like mini ape swept back bars. Couple decent seats and who doesnt love an old basket ?!?
 
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Nothing is quite so funny (or annoying) as a so called antiques expert (who usually dosen't know a bicycle from an icicle) spinning their line about how unbeleivably rare and valuable their not particularly rare or valuable bike is...
Althought that is quite nice :)
What was the little box on the crossbar?
 

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