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Good haul!

YIKES! That Excelsior looks much too purposefully patina'd. I've had success with walnut colored wood stain. Gives everything that deep even dirty look without looking fake.

Hey I've got one of those in the Firestone 'Fleetwood' Supreme form 1936 also, massively rusty, HUGE ratrod potential. :D

I swear I'd rather find that bike than gold.

The world according to Craigslist: All bicycles made prior to 1980 were produced in the 1940's. See, now you know. But seriously, do you EVER see any bikes listed as 1960's-1970's???? Double-You Tee Eff :roll:

That's cool! Never seen a Witte branded Schwinn! Is that the red one I had inquired about via PM last week?

Accck, can't find the info on the interwebs right now but you're correct B607, there were a few mfgs. using the "sweetheart" design. Although they look quite similar, one of the tell tales is those teardrop cutouts near the center of the chainring between the hearts. The Schwinns use a narrow...

Simmons had large established markets in Wichita, Toledo, Minneapolis, and several other major cities, but was founded and based in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis seems a somewhat unlikely headquarters for a corp. from a modern point of view, but realize, STL was one of the 10 largest cities in the...

Yaaaa, nail on the head there :roll: :roll: Lots of us need lots of those parts, but some of those prices are just asinine. But hey, a man's free to ask whatever prices he wants, especially on the Ebay. I will offer a slice of purely constructive criticism though. The way he's assembled...

What's his Ebay I.D.???

That's great! Anytime you can acquire one that's on your wish list it makes the whole thing that much sweeter. Congrats!!!

Just completed the refresh on the Mercier I picked up last month. I do love the old balloon bikes but I still REALLY enjoy working on road bikes, especially nice lightweight European road bikes, they're another style of bike that will seemingly never go out of style. Before: Yuck...

It's a great start to a build project! But if you're going to sell it I've been looking for that head badge.....

Schwinn 10-speed looks nice! Where have you been man??? It's bike season!!!

Re: need help to ID brush bombed 60's? roadie Yikes! Bummer about the brush paint. Nothing jumps out at me to help ID, some nice old Campy stuff though.

Ya, one of the nice things about the RatRod forum that differs from many, if not most other forums out there, we're able to make changes to the thread title. Adding a "SOLD" or "CLOSED" in the thread title would save a lot of wasted surfing time.

Yep, the third one. Nice mockup too!

I would offer him to go pound sand. I don't "make an offer". $15-$30 midwest.

Yaaaa, that's what I'm talkin' about! Thanks Scrumblero! I'll give it a try....

I'm finishing up the refresh on this Mercier... (Before photo) It has the same color-over-silver paint like Schwinn used for eons, it's a very pretty red, or candy red. Just looking to touch up several chips, etc. Any home-brew concoctions that have worked?