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Scrapyard score. So I was riding yesterday with the K-town Rippers (local bicycle club that does massive Rideout's in Kokomo) and rolling past the scrapyard I checked my usual picking spot where they sit scrapped bicycles and I spotted this steaming pile of nostalgia. An old 80's Huffy Racing...

I had one on a Bratz lowrider bike back in the day and it was squirrely as ever but ran good. Power leaves something to be desired but I'm mainly just looking for assist on trails not speed demon so with the right gearing it would be great for getting up to speed then let the pedals take over.

Been kinda thinking of doing a rear mounted setup on my trike and remove the motor from that bike. I got a flat mount cradle with the motor bike that allows the engine to be mounted on a flat plate so it would addapt pretty easy. I would need to get a sprocket for the axle but any go cart shop...

So I found a date code on the rear morrow hub that dates to February of 1946 so this is a 1946 Schwinn DX.

Yeah I forgot owned it till I saw the picture scrolling through my pictures looking for the fat bike...lol

Ok so since this thread is getting a bit messy I'm gonna just post my current inventory in one post here so you can keep up. So here goes... 1917 Columbia Arch-bar 1920's Trail Blazer 1937 Huffman Mainliner 1939 Elgin 1940's JC Higgins 1944 CWC custom trike 1945 child's CWC 1946 CWC...

Funny thing is neither of these bikes were posted. Saw the big rusty in the background of a picture advertising another bike all together and asked if the rusty bike in the background was for sale. He sent a few pics and I told him I'd give him $50. Then the stingray was right there when I...

Have the Stingray Junior sold to a friend on Saturday for $250. Nothing like making $100 profit before you even take the bike out of the car.

Rear hub says Marrow or Morrow? Hard to read through the rust.

Found the serial number on big rusty. B73887 located on the bottom bracket. Serial number lookup says 1957 but by then they were on the rear dropout. I do know 1948-1950 they were running an alphabetical system and a fire in 48 destroyed the records going back so I assume this one is 1945-1946ish?

And made more in profit than I paid for it. And used the cash to buy another cool bike... Ok 2 cool bikes.😜 $150 for this absolutely minty 1977 Stingray Junior and $50 for big rusty. BF Goodrich badged Schwinn. Skiptooth sweetheart sprocket... 🤌(chef's kiss)

Sold the Mead for a nice profit today. Also scored some Monarch Springer parts that will come in handy on a future build.

Pretty cool. I haven't seen a red one. I've seen black, chrome, and blue but not red.

So I finally bit the bullet and joined the motorized bike club. Paid $100 for this Western Flyer bike with motor kit already installed and supposedly a big bore kit too. Waiting on a new clutch cable to come in from eBay then I'll tear into getting it running and riding again. This should be...

Don't know yet I'm going to clean it up and see how it looks first. Was originally thinking of using the wheels and other parts on my Columbia Arch-bar but thinking this Mead is too original to monkey around with.

I guess I could be a hipster. I thought I was just a conspiracy theorist, Saab enthusiast, and vintage bike nut. I have a goatee, flannel, and love coffee although I don't have a press (Starbucks) oh God that definitely makes me a hipster. Skinny jeans ain't happening though. I sprayed it down...

I swore for years I'd never own a fixed gear or "Fixie" bike but here I am. I got my first one today. Does this make me a hipster now? 1890's Mead Sentinel with wood rims and block chain. The exception to my no fixie rule.

Did a little test spot and it looks like these will clean up great if I can get the tires off without any damage. The tires are hard as concrete.

Another day another Benjamin gone but I just got this cool old Mead cruiser. Wood rims and block chain!

Another one has followed me home... Saw this Western Flyer 24" on marketplace with some interesting spare parts so I messaged and a Benjamin later I'm loading this into my storage unit.... Sleep tight little buddy... Also got a bracket for the engine kit that allows it to be mounted flat if I...