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Thanks! I just had to throw that disclaimer out there because in the other threads I have been reading through I keep seeing things like drum brakes and certain kinds of rims and such being frequently used to build klunkers. But I don't have any cool vintage parts, so my bike I think is going to...

Yeah I'll take a look and measure the tires for you when I get home tonight. I want to say off the top of my head that they're somewhere around 8 to 10 inches tall and like 4 inches wide. They are definitely some type of go kart wheel and tire combo.

Let me preface this build by saying up front when it comes to klunkers, and Worksman bikes, I have no idea what I'm doing. I have built a bunch of bikes and other weird stuff in the past but I have never built a proper rat rod bike before so this is going to be my first venture into building...

Nice! I had forgotten all about this thread. I initially tried to get my WRFF working but gave up when the extremely rusty seat post snapped off and nearly impaled some sensitive body parts. So after fiddling around with a little more I ended up breaking it down for parts for my wagon project. I...

Honestly I kind of dig it. I would probably throw it together as-is just for grins. But then fab up a chainstay and finish it up properly.

Yeah I am happy with the haul and I am definitely leaning towards building the Worksman into a Klunker... or at least something Klunker themed, because honestly I have no idea what normally constitutes a proper Klunker. But for now I am just thinking about trying to stick as much of the running...

Yeah I know it's just an old worksman but to me it was just too cool to resist. Ill admit I'm a relative novice when it comes to what's valuable, but for what essentially amounted to like $20 that frame was a no brainier. And yeah... My wife was super excited when she saw me dragging that to...

Yeah I was not at all mentally prepared for that what I found when I got there. I was expecting someone with a few parts that they were trying to get rid of, but this guy had hundreds of bikes in his yard... and that's no exaggeration. I ended up getting 4 wheels. Unfortunately they're all...

Wow, what a clean bike. That one definitely looks like it got all of the goodies that were available when it was new.

Exactly! That big green monster isn't bad on flat ground but even a slight incline can be humbling if you don't have a little momentum going into it. That's also the reason that when I built that bike I fought hard to use a un-stretched hub as a jackshaft. I built it with the intention of...

That's a good point too!

Yeah I am definitely more interested in the actual hubs than the whole wheels. I have laced wheels before and I have no problem with rebuilding a wheel if the hub is worth it. Besides in all honesty one of the reasons that I have been trying to get my hands on one of these involves no spokes...

Yeah I still may grab them all, I just don't know yet. Because honestly the temptation is real. I have seriously been trying to get my hands on a good internally geared hub for years many, many years now. But so far the only ones I ever come across are attached to bikes that are well out of my...

Thanks for the info! Yeah I was really tempted to get the whole lot of them, but my wife might make me sleep in the garage with my pile of bike parts if it gets much bigger. But the general take away is to grab all the the Sturmy Archers he's got, and any of the shifter parts that go with...

I don't know if I need more truck or less bike... That picture is a bit old but it's the only one I have handy with the big chopper bike in the back. Since then I have picked up some more period correct wheels.

Oh wow, that's awesome. I've only been to CA a few times but I can definitely understand why people love it so much. My folks are originally from Illinois, but my dad was in the military and I was mostly raised on the east coast so this area will always be home for me.

I have been keeping an eye out for one of these for a while now but they don't seem to pop up very often. But I just stumbled across someone selling a bunch of them cheap. I honestly don't know much about them in general so is there anything I should keep an eye out for? I'm planning to head...

Oh, trust me the thought had crossed my mind, and if I could just scrounge up a day to work on it I might have been able to come up with something. But with the holiday this week and being out of town this weekend it's just unfortunate timing. Plus I just picked up something that's going to...

Yeah the Diamond Back definitely has larger tubing that the Peugeot, but both are remarkably similar. I originally figured the Peugeot might be the more valuable bike because it has an alloy stem and seat post clamp. But I personally liked the fatter frame on the Diamond Back, which is why I got...

Thanks again! That definitely helps takes a load off my mind. Like I said before I have a bad habit of overthinking things sometimes. I think I'll probably keep messing around with the Diamond Back but I'll probably go ahead and leave the Peugeot alone for now and not do anything more exciting...