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Heck of a nice job. The lines for the tank and track are spot on! Your metal fab skills are as wonderful your sense of design.

You can get a bottom bracket set from Amazon and many other retailers for less than $20. You are looking for a set with a one piece crank. It will have the cups, bearings, washers and nuts to rebuild the bottom end. This is the first video in about 12 videos in the series. This guy goes through...

Let me begin with I know nothing about Elgins except they are sweet! http://classiccycleus.com/home/1940-girls-elgin/ this one has a close up of the skirt guard http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/25133-30s-elgin-bicycle Hope these links help.

Is looking good. Just enough red!

Nice classic rat!

Loving the chain guard, almost has a casket type feel to it. The truss rods are really great as well!

Great color! Should be a really nice ride with the shockmaster. I will be following this one!

Is looking good! Some creme tires would bring out the greenish in the lichens!

Nice bike, kinda amazing how much paint is on the bottom in the serial number photo. makes me wonder if there is more elsewhere on it...

before after

My 1939 Roadmaster

Nice find!

It would be interesting to have a "lawn art" build off. All bikes have to come from a flower bed or tree. Lol

Thanks Dave! I traded the guy one of my carvings for 2 bikes. This one and a Monarch girls bike. I did okay.

I live not far from Shelby Ohio, birthplace of the Shelby bicycles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Cycle_Company here is a history lesson. https://buyvintage1.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/1928_selby_lindy_1.jpg this is a photo of a Shelby Lindy bike from 1925. Hope it helps a little...

This was "yard art" I traded a friend out of. Here is the after, rides really well! So so smooth!

Was cruisin the for sale and saw this http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/j-c-higgins-rat-rod.99677/ looks a lot like your frame.

I have a 39 Roadmaster. If you go on to the CABE sight there is a CWC serial number list there somedwhere. Thats how I identified mine. Nice frame!

Soooo, what happened?

Hey that's the Spirit!! Really nice find!