I put together a longhorns bull last night for my bar area in the basement. The saddle is an old Middlemore from England. While I'm on the topic I'll show my Rugby wall hanger upstairs in the "office" lol. It's also from England...I think. It's hung on two 8" nails.
I've had this '52 frame & fork for a couple yrs and finally put it together last week. It was pretty crusty so I had to wash it real good, stabilize the rust with CLR, & wax it. Came out looking a lot better than it was! Wish I took a before pic.
Roxy is now 2 and her head would barely fit in the basket! This her now. BTW, my teenage daughter loves that '48 Schwinn. It's a perfect ice cream cruiser!
Looking forward to getting this in the mail! It's from an ebay auction but think I did pretty decent on it since it looks like it's in great shape & I like the paint.
Here's a late welcome from Lancaster, OH. It's cool you're in Shelby! My parents & grandparents were from there. In fact, my grandfather was the factory manager at Shelby Bicycle back in the late 30s. Did you ever locate an old frame?
Jim