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Dude, Shelby klunker! that frame is awesome so cool!! built right here in Massachusetts. I always wanted one but my buddy Dave owned a GT shop and gave me great deals so I rode those instead. Looking forward to see what you do with it

Thanks guys. The tires on this thing were dry rotted and mismatched and the tubes didn’t hold air. Other than buying the bike itself I haven’t spent any money on this yet and I’m trying to continue this theme. The only good pair of tires I have in the pile are 1.75 whitewalls, I want bigger...

Wheels are done time to undent some fenders a few minutes with the dolly and a shot of white paintdig through the hardware box and get a couple flat head screws with square nuts to replace the two u had to cut off the bracesthen re attach the reflector and the fenders are doneleft side skirt...

Got the front wheel trued, rear hub assembled, greased and adjusted. Tomorrow night I’ll true it, time for dinner now. The pile of parts is getting smaller…

Tonight I got the crank installed and the front hub greased and assembled, now to true the front wheel

Dude that stem is awesome! Great bike

Tomorrow turned into next month but I got the rear wheel assembled I scrubbed the frame with steel wool and WD40 now I can start putting stuff back together bearing cups and forks are done! I’ve got two weeks left, if nothing stupid happens I think I can get this finished…

if the original wheel was laced cross 3, try the 2 speed with cross 4, I did that once and it worked with the existing spoke length

Wait, we have til November?? I thought I had like a week left to finish..

I got sidetracked away from this project for a while but I want to finish it. I cleaned up the rims I want to use, one has more rust so I’ll put that in the back where the skirt guards will hide it a bit. I got the front wheel assembled tonight, I’ll try to do the rear tomorrow then assemble the...

I used to work in a bike shop, we played that movie on the tv in the showroom every Saturday for at least 10 years

I agree, how’s your knee doing? And to not derail the thread, Pepper is guarding the driveway…

she should come to Mrs.Murphy's with us

small block of hard wood and a hammer, hit the outside edge

Parts are out of the wood bleach bath and scrubbed, the hubs got a shot of rust preserver and a quick dry, gotta figure out spokes next

I want to hear it run!

Degreasing is done the only thing left assembled are the fender braces, flat head screws and square nuts instead of rivets so I’m not sure if that’s original or an old time repair. All but two came apart easily, those 2 got some PB blaster and some time, I’ll try again later then the braces will...

cool another Higgins! I like your fender braces better than mine, cant wait to see what you do with it

those fork crown lugs are awesome!

I started cleaning parts tonight and this old grease/dirt combination is tenacious, I’ll get another jug of simple green tomorrow and soak it another night, once the hubs are clean I’ll measure for spokes